Aleksander Eelmaa
Birthday: 1946-11-06
Place of Birth: Viljandi, Viljandi County, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
Biography: Aleksander Eelmaa (November 6, 1946 – July 21, 2021) was an Estonian actor. Eelmaa was born in Viljandi. From 1968 to 1969 he studied at the Estonian SSR Theatre Association's pantomime studio. From 1976 to 1981 he was an actor at Estonian Youth Theatre, from 1981 to 1990 at Vanalinnastuudio, from 1990 to 2006 at Estonian Drama Theatre, from 2007 to 2015 at Tallinn City Theatre, and from 2015 again at Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatrical roles he also played on several films (Agent Wild Duck, A Friend of Mine and Vana daami visiit) and television series (Tuulepealne maa and Õnne 13). Eelmaa's children are actor and director Taavi Eelmaa and theatre artist Liisi Eelmaa. Eelmaa died on 21 July 2021, at the age of 74 in Ohtla. He was appearing in the play Kadunud kodu at the Saueaugu Theatre Farm, which had premiered the night before his death.
Movies
Old Men and the Sea
Led by the mysterious mirage of his once lost ship, a retired sea captain follows the vessel to the ...
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How to Be Naked
An experimental documentary about the process of opening up to oneself and others. An old actor is t...
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A Friend of Mine
Mati, a 70-year-old bibliophile, cannot cope with his wife's death. As loneliness and indifference o...
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Shift
When Miina, a seemingly well-off woman is caught shoplifting, the female officer truly uses her chan...
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When the Robbers Came to the Town of Cardamom
The story of the town of Cardamom and the people there, as well as the only characters who stir up s...
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Kangling
An ancient leg bone is found during archeological excavations. It's soon identified as an ancient wh...
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Rat Trap
During an election campaign, a large sum of money goes missing at an Estonian politician's home part...
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Agent Wild Duck
Hans Wild Duck Gens, an old school industrial spy becomes suicidally jealous when the firm brings in...
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Visit of an Old Lady
As a young woman, Claire left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as for...
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The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
After ten years of war, plague and famine, the land is swept clean of people. The few remaining soul...
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Wild Violets
It is the year 1947. The war is over but Estonian forests are still hiding armoured men. When the me...
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In One Hundred Years in May
Viktor Kingissepp has been the underground head of the Communist Party of Estonia for three years. H...
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Dragonflies and Coliaths
Based on the tales of Chinese writer Pu Songling, the film depicts the romantic relationships of a C...
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Happy Childhood
A life is difficult even for children during the forties in Estonia......
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Vernanda
A passenger steps off his train during a short stop in a small town called Vernanda in order to buy ...
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Old Men's Paradise
Two long-serving city officials are being forced into compulsory retirement from the environment age...
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Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye
The mirror image of a pop star falls in love with the singer's wife and enters the world of people t...
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Colourful Dreams
Little Kati spends her summer at her grandma's. Her playmates are the village boys and the whole cou...
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Surmatants
A historical costume drama where the fragments of the adventurous lives of Bernt Notke, one of the m...
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