#Peeter Tammearu

[unofficial-estonia]

ESTONIAN MOVIE MONTH

        ↳ “1944” 2015

1994 is an Estonian war film about the events in Estonia during the Second World War. Timeline of the movie is from the Battle of Tannenberg Line in July to November when the Red Army occupied all of Estonia. The events are shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who were forced to fight for either Red Army or Waffen SS and thus fight against their fellow countrymen.

With opening weekend admissions at 19,030, 1944 set a new opening weekend record for an Estonian film, beating the previous record set by Names in Marble in 2002. 1944's first week also broke records by achieving 44,879 admissions, the highest ever for an Estonian film that premiered in Estonia. In total, Movie gained over 115 000 viewers in 2015. 

Main characters in the movie were played by Kristjan Üksküla, Kaspar Velberg, Maiken Schmidt, Ain Mäeots, Peeter Tammearu, Kristjan Sarv and Ivo Uukkivi. 

[unofficial-estonia]

ESTONIAN MOVIE MONTH

    ↳ “Kertu” 2013 (Love is Blind)

“Kertu” is an Estonian drama. A quiet Kertu has been living under his father’s dictatorship all her life. She finally makes a small move to try to change something in her life: she writes a poem to Villu, who is a good looking man, but unfortunately a local drunkard. After midsummer night Kertu goes missing. Her family panics, because of her closeness she is thought to be simple-minded. Kertu is finally found from Villu’s home under his bed shaking and scared. He is accused of taking advantage of the young woman. But what actually happened that night? A slowly unfolding truth is much shocking than thought. 

Actors and actresses in the movie were Ursula Ratasepp (as Kertu), Mait Malmsten (as Villu), Leila Säälik (as Malle), Külliki Saldre (as Anu), Peeter Tammearu (as Jüri) and Piret Laurimaa (as Kaarin).