Director: Kaljo Kiisk

(03.12.1925 – 20.09.2007)

Kaljo Kiisk studied chemistry and geology at Tallinn Technical College. He then left for Moscow to study at the State Institute of Dramatic Arts (GITIS) but returned to Tallinn, where he began working as an actor and stage director. He began directing films for Tallinnfilm in 1955 and has sixteen feature films to his name (e.g. Melting of Ice, We Were Eighteen Years Old, The Midday Ferry, Windy Coast, Landing, The Red Violin, A Hundred Years Later in May, Regina, The Prompter). Two of his films, Trails (1963) and Madness (1968), were banned by the Soviet regime. As an actor, Kiisk appeared in over twenty films, and he also acted on stage and for television. During the years 1995-2003 he was a member of the Estonian Parliament.

Filmography:

Ask the Dead About the Price of Death

1977 /
77 min

Nipernaadi

1983 /
92 min

Naughty Curves

1959 /
90 min

Dangerous Curves

1961 /
113 min

The Midday Ferry

1967 /
72 min

Madness

1968 /
78 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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