Movies: Jaan Kross

September is a film about the complicated choices of simple people. The internationally renowned Estonian author, Jaan Kross (1920-2007) was arrested in 1944 by the Nazis. A year after the Soviet forces entered Tallinn and he was arrested again. The ...

The story of Balthasar Russow, an Estonian pastor from the 16th century, his life and life's work - writing The Chronicle of Livonia....

The film takes place in Estonia during the German occupation in the winter of 1943. In order not to serve in the fascist army, Ilmar tries to escape to Finland. His friend Peeter helps him, but this escape ends tragically......

Estonian/Soviet animation short from 1964...