Director: Juli Kun

(12.06.1914 – 08.02.1980)

Juli Kun was a film operator and director. He is mostly known for his notable operator work in films “Mitšurini” (1948)  and “Captain of the First Rank” (1958). Film “Mitšurin” got a remarkable recognition of the color scheme used in the film and Kun with his co-operator won a Stalin prize for it. A sea themed drama “Captain of the First Rank” was his first work in Tallinn Kinostudio, which was also a Kinostudio first widescreen film. Kun had also done a co-director job for the comedy film classic of Estonia, called “Naughty Curves” (1959).

Filmography:

Naughty Curves

1959 /
90 min

Dangerous Curves

1961 /
113 min
Eesti Filmi Instituut / Estonian Film Institute
Uus st 3, 10111 Tallinn, Estonia
tallinnfilm@filmi.ee
+372 627 60 04
Rain Põdra
Head of Film Heritage Department
rain@filmi.ee
Triinu Keedus
Project Manager of Film Heritage Department
triinu@filmi.ee

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