Kalju Komissarov
Birthday: 1946-03-08
Place of Birth: Võru, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
Biography: Kalju Komissarov (March 8, 1946 Võru – March 6, 2017) was an Estonian actor, theatre and film director, and theatre pedagogue. In 1968 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. 1968-1974 he worked as a film director at Tallinnfilm. 1974-1986 he was the principal stage manager at Noorsooteater, and 1986-1988 at Ugala Theatre. 1986-1995 he was the head of Estonian Music and Theatre Academy's Higher Theatre School (Estonian: Eesti Muusikaakadeemia Kõrgem Lavakunstikool). In 2006 he was awarded with Order of the White Star, III class. Komissarov was married to actress and former Tallinn State Conservatory classmate Helle-Reet Helenurm from 1967 until 1971.
Movies
All My Lenins
Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks' lead...
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Crucified Island
Based on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. Insurrection of captured Soviet-Georgian soldiers...
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The Last Relic
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants...
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Landing
Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Rein, but the long separations have tortured her. It s...
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The Midday Ferry
The events take place in Estonia in a summer in the 1960s. The Boy and the Girl want to go from main...
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Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communis...
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Men in Soldier's Overcoats
The story of the war film is about paths of the Estonian Shooting Corps (formed by the Red Army) dur...
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Hit Back
The film invites its viewers to reflect on where modern sports have come to. Does a young, honest an...
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The Lost Ones
Two young nationalists from Soviet Estonia falls under the influence of popular radio DJ Rudolf Talg...
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The Ideal Landscape
In post-World War II Estonia, Mait Kukemeri, an activist of the Young Communist League arrives to th...
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Grisha
An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through th...
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Father, Son and Holy Theatre
Alar Sudak alias Elaan is the don Quijote of Estonian theatre - predestined to eternal loneliness. S...
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An Unusual Story
A young investigator fresh from the university gets assigned an arson case. 18-year-old Epp-Kai has ...
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Supernova
A talented young student of astronomy and an experienced strict professor both dream about discoveri...
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Gladiator
Joonas and Tiidrik are two men from the island of Saaremaa who recklessly escape from the German pri...
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Who? What? How? A Story About the Third All-Union Festival of Youth Plays
About the festival that took place in Tbilisi in 1987....
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