Feature

Tattoo

Tätoveering
(1977)
Genre:
Director:
Screenwriter: Peeter Simm
Cinematographer: Arvo Iho
Production Designer: Priit Vaher
Composer: Jaanus Nõgisto, Margus Kappel
Editor: Virve Laev
Producer: Veronika Bobossova
Main cast: Arvo Kukumägi, Zoja Tsjurilo, Jaan Brezauski, Aleksandr Habalov, Karl Kalkun, Arnold Altmäe.
Duration: 36 min
Language: Estonian
Subtitle language: English, Estonian
Available formats: mov
Colour: Black & white

Festivals:

  • Valga Hot Shorts (Valga, Estonia), 2024
  • goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film (Wiesbaden, Germany), 2019

For this student film made under Tarkovsky’s tutelage, Peeter Simm filmed the story of young Margus, who turns away from the authority of his (policeman) dad and towards the arms of a “gypsy” girl. A spell, sealed with a tattoo.

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Head of Film Heritage Department
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Triinu Keedus
Project Manager of Film Heritage Department
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