Herta Elviste

Herta Elviste (June 12, 1923 – October 29, 2015), was an Estonian stage, film and television actress and assistant theatre director whose career spanned nearly seventy years.

Men in Soldier's Overcoats (1968)

The story of the war film is about paths of the Estonian Shooting Corps (formed by the Red Army) during the WW-2 and how the fight forms an usual man to a loyal soldier. Ideologic aspects of the movie are more hidden than in ordinary Soviet war films but they're ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jüri Müür
CAST:  Rudolf Allabert  •  Heino Raudsik  •  Leonhard Merzin  •  Arvi Hallik

The story of the war film is about paths of the Estonian Shooting Corps (formed by the Red Army) during the WW-2 and how the fight forms an usual man to a loyal soldier. Ideologic aspects of the movie are more hidden than in ordinary Soviet war films but they're ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jüri Müür
CAST:  Rudolf Allabert  •  Heino Raudsik  •  Leonhard Merzin  •  Arvi Hallik

The Smacking Sea (1981)

The Smacking Sea is a film about the work of traditional seal hunters on the smacking Baltic Sea and their life in the coastal village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvo Kruusement
CAST:  Tõnu Kark  •  Merle Talvik  •  Mikk Mikiver  •  Ita Ever

The Smacking Sea is a film about the work of traditional seal hunters on the smacking Baltic Sea and their life in the coastal village.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvo Kruusement
CAST:  Tõnu Kark  •  Merle Talvik  •  Mikk Mikiver  •  Ita Ever

Awakening (1990)

It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars are waiting to transport thousands of Estonian families, asleep in their homes, to Siberia. The Stalinist regime is ready to treat people like animals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jüri Sillart
CAST:  Tõnu Kark  •  Sulev Luik  •  Kaljo Kiisk  •  Maria Klenskaja

It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars are waiting to transport thousands of Estonian families, asleep in their homes, to Siberia. The Stalinist regime is ready to treat people like animals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jüri Sillart
CAST:  Tõnu Kark  •  Sulev Luik  •  Kaljo Kiisk  •  Maria Klenskaja

Dear Mister Moon (1998)

When two half-sisters, thirteen-year-old white-haired Sigrid and seven-year-old black-blooded Saara meet for the first time, it turns out that their common grandmother has been taken to a nursing home. The girls come up with the idea to steal him from there and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rao Heidmets
CAST:  Gabriele Guardado  •  Kerti Viilas  •  Herta Elviste  •  Peeter Volkonski

When two half-sisters, thirteen-year-old white-haired Sigrid and seven-year-old black-blooded Saara meet for the first time, it turns out that their common grandmother has been taken to a nursing home. The girls come up with the idea to steal him from there and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rao Heidmets
CAST:  Gabriele Guardado  •  Kerti Viilas  •  Herta Elviste  •  Peeter Volkonski

Postmark from Vienna (1968)

A comedy about two friends who made a bet over a rare postmark...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veljo Käsper
CAST:  Jüri Järvet  •  Herta Elviste  •  Ines Aru  •  Vladislav Korzhets

A comedy about two friends who made a bet over a rare postmark...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veljo Käsper
CAST:  Jüri Järvet  •  Herta Elviste  •  Ines Aru  •  Vladislav Korzhets

Landing (1973)

Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Reinu, but the long separations have tortured her. It seems to her that the man cares more about his work than about her. Rein really loves his work, but his wife just as passionately. He does not understand how ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Leila Säälik  •  Uldis Pūcītis  •  Leonhard Merzin  •  Rolan Bykov

Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Reinu, but the long separations have tortured her. It seems to her that the man cares more about his work than about her. Rein really loves his work, but his wife just as passionately. He does not understand how ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Leila Säälik  •  Uldis Pūcītis  •  Leonhard Merzin  •  Rolan Bykov

Summer (1976)

In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agriculture. He wants to start reforming his father's farm, Ülesoo. At the same time, he's competing with Kiir to win the love of Teele. Teele has stated that she agrees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvo Kruusement
CAST:  Aare Laanemets  •  Riina Hein  •  Margus Lepa  •  Kaljo Kiisk

In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agriculture. He wants to start reforming his father's farm, Ülesoo. At the same time, he's competing with Kiir to win the love of Teele. Teele has stated that she agrees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvo Kruusement
CAST:  Aare Laanemets  •  Riina Hein  •  Margus Lepa  •  Kaljo Kiisk

Men from the Fisherman's Village (1962)

After a stormy night on the sea, a group of Estonian fishermen end up in a small coastal Finnish town. As they await the Soviet authorities to take them back home, some of the fishermen contemplate leaving their former lives in a Soviet era Estonia behind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jüri Müür
CAST:  Kaljo Kiisk  •  Einari Koppel  •  Kaarel Karm  •  Peeter Kard

After a stormy night on the sea, a group of Estonian fishermen end up in a small coastal Finnish town. As they await the Soviet authorities to take them back home, some of the fishermen contemplate leaving their former lives in a Soviet era Estonia behind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jüri Müür
CAST:  Kaljo Kiisk  •  Einari Koppel  •  Kaarel Karm  •  Peeter Kard

Madonna Is Not Dead A.D. 2050 (2000)

Two elderly people have decided to start having children. There was no time for this in their youth, they had to work hard to survive. Now, in retirement, nimble old people are making children for sale to spend the night with beer, cigarettes and cocaine. It is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Vilbre
CAST:  Lembit Eelmäe  •  Herta Elviste  •  Monika Tuvi

Two elderly people have decided to start having children. There was no time for this in their youth, they had to work hard to survive. Now, in retirement, nimble old people are making children for sale to spend the night with beer, cigarettes and cocaine. It is the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Vilbre
CAST:  Lembit Eelmäe  •  Herta Elviste  •  Monika Tuvi

The New Devil of Hellsbottom (1978)

Jaan Tooming's retelling of the novel by A.H. Tammsaare  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaan Tooming
CAST:  Lembit Eelmäe  •  Herta Elviste  •  Liis Bender  •  Heikki Haravee

Jaan Tooming's retelling of the novel by A.H. Tammsaare  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jaan Tooming
CAST:  Lembit Eelmäe  •  Herta Elviste  •  Liis Bender  •  Heikki Haravee