
Lembit Ulfsak
Actor · 1947 – 2017 · Koeru, Järva County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Lembit Ulfsak (July 4, 1947 in Koeru – March 22, 2017) was an Estonian actor and director. Ulfsak spent his childhood in Räpina, where he also finished the 8th grade. In 1966, he graduated from Tallinn 7th Secondary School. From 1966 to 1970, he studied at the Tallinn State Conservatory's Department of Performing Arts (4th class). Ulfsak worked mainly at the Estonian SSR State Youth Theatre and Drama Theatre, as well as at Tallinnfilm. In addition to his theatre work, he acted in many films, the most internationally known of which are the leading roles in the films "The Legend of Till" (1976) and the Georgian-Estonian collaboration film "Tangerines" (2013), which was among the five best foreign language films in 2014 before the Oscar and Golden Globe awards. From 1972 to 1973, he sang in the Band Amor Trio. On June 1, 2019, a memorial bench installed in Ulfsak's honor was unveiled near his coastal home on the western shore of the Kakumäe Peninsula.
Movies22
Movie7.7DramaWarWar in Abkhazia, 1992. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
Movie7.0DramaHistoryFleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.
Movie9.0The coastal people of Kaugatoma set out to build their own ship to earn a living independent of the baron's will. The baron does everything to prevent the venture, but still "Kaugatoma" raises its white sails. Unfortunately, the power of money turns out to be decisive both in the organization of joint activities and in the relations of the strong-natured captain Tõnis Tihu with the community and his loved ones. He abandons Liisu, with whom he has a son, and marries a wealthy widow. As a captain, he has the power to look after the welfare of the sailors, but he thinks more about his own safety. However, the winds of 1905 are already blowing over the sea.
Movie7.2MysteryDramaCommissioner Maigret's new case. At the rate of his further service in the police.
Movie6.9AdventureLord and Lady Glenarvan found a bottle in the ocean. this bottle contained a letter from captain Grant that he and 2 of his sailors had survived a disaster in sea and need help. Unfortunately, the letter was damaged by water, and only latitude is known (37 degrees), but no longitude. The Glenarvans decide to find captain Grant.
Movie4.5DramaSurreal worlds, elegiac images and romantic letters form a stream of suppressed memories. A young man discovers diaries and film reels of his recently deceased mother. Ukrainian director Igor Minaev melts his rarely seen shorts from Soviet times into an emotional journey into the past.
Movie3.0ComedyA musical comedy about singer Toomas Aringus and rally driver Mati Uibo, whom journalist Tiina Salum considers to be one and the same person due to their external resemblance.
Movie8.0Science FictionDramaAn elderly man saves the life of an alien who is capable of time travel. They go back in time to the man's wedding day.
Movie6.6HistoryDramaJussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
- Movie7.0Drama
At fifty years of age, film director Ivars Jansons has been unlucky in both his personal life and his creative work. Something inside him has broken under the constant pressure of compromise. Having left the big city and returned to his homeland, Ivars tries to rebuild his broken relationships with his wife, his son who grew up without him, and his friends who are trying to revive their creative imagination with the help of memories. The illusion of returning to the dreams and ideals of his youth and his selfish focus on himself prevent him from deeply and truly feeling the experiences of his loved ones and averting the impending tragedy.
Sižeta pagrieziens
1988 · 1 votes
Movie5.5DramaA three episode film consisting of three short films: "Promenade", "Poacher" and "Tattoo". The action of the films takes place in the 1930s in Estonia.
Movie7.5DramaThe Smacking Sea is a film about the work of traditional seal hunters on the smacking Baltic Sea and their life in the coastal village.
Movie4.5DramaVadim, a part-time dump truck driver in Leningrad, picks up an extremely young woman, along with a newborn baby. Vadim is forced to spend the rest of his day with Anna, helping her untangle herself from unpleasant, dramatic, and even tragic situations – and she and she alone is to blame for all of them. The baby, which Anna stole in order to make an impression on an estranged lover, is finally returned to its parents, but the problems that the theft caused remain.
Movie6.0ComedyFantasyMati is an assistant in TV studio. Patiently he has waited for his time to become a TV star but seems that he has to wait forever. One day an alien called Tipp is sent on Earth (by its chief Tapp) to find out the purpose of Estonian children's TV show "Tipp and Tapp". Tipp nestles himself inside Mati's brains that leads the man to unpredictable actions.
Movie5.2DramaBased on the novel “Ukuaru” by Veera Saar, a story about Minna, a young woman who has to make choices in the name of her true love, home, and the continuation of life.
Movie7.0DramaTaavi is worried about the lack of wind that won't let him do his daily job as a fisherman. But he is definitely not the guy who would just sit and wait for better days to arrive.
Movie6.8FamilyFantasyA family hires a babysitter who seems to possess magical powers.
Movie10.0A young secretary, Helen, must take his boss's car to the garage. On the way she stumbles into unexpected déja vu adventures.
Movie5.8DramaThe attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communists, failed and resulted in many lost lives on both sides. The Communists were forced underground.
Movie6.5AnimationFamilyPlucky young Lotte embarks on an adventure with her uncle Klaus to solve the mystery of three stones that a pair of hooded figures are attempting to retrieve.
Movie5.6CrimeDramaLiving alone in an Estonian slum and unable to afford basic needs, a top high school student reluctantly enters the drug game to make ends meet.
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Rich nephews and beautiful girls can not get married, especially when neither of them have actually seen each other.
Series5
TV8.0FamilyAction & AdventureLord and Lady Glenarvan found a bottle in the ocean. This bottle contained a letter from Captain Grant that he and two of his sailors had survived a disaster at sea and need help. Unfortunately, the letter was damaged by water, and the latitude is known (37 degrees), but not the longitude. The Glenarvans decide to find Captain Grant.
TV2.3MysteryDramaThe series is set in the 1920s. It tells about the first tasks of Isaev. First, he goes to Reval to stop the smuggling of valuables stolen from Gokhran. Upon his return, he is sent to Vladivostok to collect information about the actions of the whites. Then he has to go abroad to monitor counterrevolutionary emigration.
TVComedyEstonian comedy sketch show consisting of parodies of popular Estonian movies or shows.
TV7.8MysteryCrime
TV6.2ComedyFamilyThe Banks family is busy looking for a nanny for their children. And, as only happens in fairy tales, Mary Poppins appears out of thin air, beautiful and unlike anyone else.