Liis Bender
Acting
Biography
Liis Bender (since 1986 Liis Tooming; July 19, 1947 Punikvere – October 20, 2005 Tartu) was an Estonian actress. She graduated from Alatskivi Middle School in 1965 and from the Performing Arts Department of Tallinn State Conservatory in 1970. She worked at the Vanemuine theater since 1970.
Known For
A film about the life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian songwriter and singer of the 1930s and 40s, the political changes of his country and his life after the war when his songs were considered not suitable for the Soviet way of life.
Those Old Love-letters
Based on Jaan Anvelt's novel "Outlaws" which deals with the struggle of the Estonian Communist Workers' Movement and the life of revolutionaries in the Republic of Estonia in the 1920s. The film represents the maturation and decay of human soul in tense situations. The dark intersections and the dense, abandoned areas create a tumultuous tension field in which the characters find themselves. Their choices and decisions overwhelm them in one way or another. Where is the way out?
Outlaws
A mother released from a prison camp in Russia finds her son, but realises that reconciliation is impossible.
Stolen Meeting
Jaan Tooming's adaptation of the novel by A.H. Tammsaare.