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Jüri Arrak

Jüri Arrak

Art

Biography

Jüri Arrak (October 24, 1936 – October 16, 2022) was an Estonian painter, whose works with distinguished and recognizable style have won acclaim around the world.

Known For

Forest Captain
4.7

Sailing to South America, the sailing ship "Fortuna" gets stuck in a calm in the middle of the Atlantic. Heat and thirst drive the team crazy, knives are already flashing and the wind is being conjured in the darkness of the night. Captain Kihnu Jõnn has to tame desperate men and trade with heavenly forces in order to bring the ship's crew to the destination port, who want to leave him there.

Forest Captain

1972
The Diary of Vaino Vahing
N/A

When love is the greatest torment, will art or play save you? A dramatic documentary about author Vaino Vahing.

The Diary of Vaino Vahing

2021
Candles in the Dark
6.0

Candles in the Dark is the story of a girl who comes to visit her father's homeland, the Soviet Republic of Estonia. After she arrives, she finds that her father is part of the dissident anti-soviet underground. She soon find her self engulfed in the struggle with her father and a lot of new friends, and finds herself being hunted by the KGB.

Candles in the Dark

1993
Christmas in Vigala
6.0

The Christmas of 1905 in Vigala is not a peaceful holiday. The manor house has just been pillaged during the peasant's revolt; the air is full of smoke of fire and there is the premonition of inevitable punishment. Bernhard Laipmann is a tenant farmer whose wife is asking him to leave home since her husband keeps drawing the attention of the authorities. Having doubts about leaving, Laipmann is inspired by endeavouring towards freedom and equality and alarmed by the violence of the revolution.

Christmas in Vigala

1981
Gladiator
7.5

Joonas and Tiidrik are two men from the island of Saaremaa who recklessly escape from the German prison during the First World War. Yet, there are no peaceful times in their home country neither.

Gladiator

1971
Between Three Plagues
7.0

The story of Balthasar Russow, an Estonian pastor from the 16th century, his life and life's work - writing The Chronicle of Livonia.

Between Three Plagues

1970
Tyll the Giant
6.7

Based on an Estonian folk tale about of the gigantic hero, Tõll, who lived on the island of Saaremaa (Oesel) in the Baltic Sea. Though he was king of the island, Tõll often worked as a common farmer, tending to his crops and returning to his loving wife. He was a good king, often quick to anger but always kind and willing to help his fellow man. Tõll's greatest enemy is the god of the underworld who specializes in sly, cowardly mischief. When war comes to the island, Tõll arrives to aid his dying army, but the devil takes advantage of his absence to wreak havoc on Tõll's home.

Tyll the Giant

1980
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6.5

A short film about an old actress Leida Rammo who tries to complete an unfinished theatre house project.

August välja

2014