Kalju Karask

Kalju Karask (28 March 1931 Rakke – 11 August 2011 Tallinn) was an Estonian opera and operetta singer (tenor) and actor. In 1953 he graduated from GITIS' Estonian studio. 1953-1959 he worked at Estonian Drama Theatre, and 1959-1994 at Estonia Theatre.

Men Don't Cry (1968)

A group of sleepless nerds should be taken into sanitarium for hard-therapy. They are taken to a lonely island but no sanitarium is in sight. Suddenly turns out that the nurses have kidnapped the men and are about to give them the only useful medicine they need - ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sulev Nõmmik
CAST:  Ervin Abel  •  Kalju Karask  •  Voldemar Kuslap  •  Lia Laats

A group of sleepless nerds should be taken into sanitarium for hard-therapy. They are taken to a lonely island but no sanitarium is in sight. Suddenly turns out that the nurses have kidnapped the men and are about to give them the only useful medicine they need - ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sulev Nõmmik
CAST:  Ervin Abel  •  Kalju Karask  •  Voldemar Kuslap  •  Lia Laats

Actor Joller (1960)

Toomas Joller has been an actor for twenty years. Joller is popular and has been awarded the honorary title of People's Artist. But Joller's star is gradually fading. He becomes egoistic and self-centered, his performances remain superficial. An actor's internal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virve Aruoja
CAST:  Voldemar Panso  •  Jüri Järvet  •  Linda Rummo  •  Ruts Bauman

Toomas Joller has been an actor for twenty years. Joller is popular and has been awarded the honorary title of People's Artist. But Joller's star is gradually fading. He becomes egoistic and self-centered, his performances remain superficial. An actor's internal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virve Aruoja
CAST:  Voldemar Panso  •  Jüri Järvet  •  Linda Rummo  •  Ruts Bauman

The New Devil of Hellsbottom (1964)

The way Saint Peter explains it to the Devil who's knocking on Heaven's door to collect his share of souls: there will be no more souls, as God has come to doubt if humans are really meant to achieve salvation. If they aren't then how can they be punished ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigori Kromanov  •  Jüri Müür
CAST:  Elmar Salulaht  •  Ants Eskola  •  Astrid Lepa  •  Leida Rammo

The way Saint Peter explains it to the Devil who's knocking on Heaven's door to collect his share of souls: there will be no more souls, as God has come to doubt if humans are really meant to achieve salvation. If they aren't then how can they be punished ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Grigori Kromanov  •  Jüri Müür
CAST:  Elmar Salulaht  •  Ants Eskola  •  Astrid Lepa  •  Leida Rammo

The Milkman of Mäeküla (1965)

A baron gives a poor peasant a well-paid job of a milkman but for reward he has to accept his beloved girl going to the mansion from time to time. Does the wealth outweigh the honor and conscience?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leida Laius
CAST:  Jüri Järvet  •  Elle Eha  •  Ants Lauter  •  Jüri Järvet Jr.

A baron gives a poor peasant a well-paid job of a milkman but for reward he has to accept his beloved girl going to the mansion from time to time. Does the wealth outweigh the honor and conscience?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leida Laius
CAST:  Jüri Järvet  •  Elle Eha  •  Ants Lauter  •  Jüri Järvet Jr.

The Midday Ferry (1967)

The events take place in Estonia in a summer in the 1960s. The Boy and the Girl want to go from mainland Estonia to the island of Saaremaa, but they do not have any money to buy the ticket to the ferry. They manage to hide themselves into a lorry that carries hay. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Enn Kraam  •  Kersti Gern  •  Ada Lundver  •  Eino Tamberg

The events take place in Estonia in a summer in the 1960s. The Boy and the Girl want to go from mainland Estonia to the island of Saaremaa, but they do not have any money to buy the ticket to the ferry. They manage to hide themselves into a lorry that carries hay. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Enn Kraam  •  Kersti Gern  •  Ada Lundver  •  Eino Tamberg