Feature

Ukuaru

Ukuaru
(1973)
Genre:
Director:
Screenwriter: Mats Traat
Cinematographer: Jüri Garšnek
Production Designer: Halja Klaar
Composer: Arvo Pärt
Editor: Ludmilla Rosental, Tatjana Lihhatšova
Producer: Arkadi Pessegov
Main cast: Elle Kull, Lembit Ulfsak, Velda Otsus, Jüri Järvet, Antanas Barčas.
Duration: 89 min
Language: Estonian
Subtitle language: English
Available formats: DCP, mov
Colour: Black&white

Festivals:

  • PÖFF – Black Nights Film Festival (Tallinn, Estonia), 2022, Special programme
  • USSR Film Festival (USSR), 1974 Prize: Best Actress – Elle Kull, Best Cinematographer – Jüri Garšnek

Minna is a simple worker who won’t marry a well-off boyfriend but poor man Aksel who has got nothing more than his accordion and love towards Minna. But living in poverty and hard work do not distress her. It is important for her to find her own home where children would run around and Aksel would play his accordion. In this remote forest house love works miracles but one thing it cannot do – to put the madness of the outer world at a safe distance.

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Head of Film Heritage Department
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Project Manager of Film Heritage Department
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