Leida Rammo

Leida Rammo (April 18, 1924 – July 23, 2020) was an Estonian stage, radio, television, and film actress and theatre director whose career spanned over seven decades. Leida Rammo had an extensive film career, appearing in over thirty feature films. Her first significant film role was that of Lisete in the 1964 Grigori Kromanov and Jüri Müür-directed Tallinnfilm epic-drama Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan, based on the 1939 novel of the same name by A. H. Tammsaare. Rammo, however, was initially displeased when she saw herself in film dailies and was overly-critical of her appearance and acting, but the following year accepted a smaller role in the Tallinnfilm drama Mäeküla piimamees, directed by former Estonian State Theatre Institute classmate Leida Laius, and adapted from the 1916 novel of the same name by Eduard Vilde. In 1967, she appeared as Klara Kukk in the popular Veljo Käsper-directed Tallinnfilm comedy Viini postmark and followed with the role of Hermiine in the 1968 Kaljo Kiisk-directed Tallinnfilm historic-thriller Hullumeelsus. Rammo worked steadily in films throughout the 1970s. Some notable performances of the era include the roles of Elve in the 1972 Kaljo Kiisk-directed drama Maaletulek, and as Laine in the 1972 Sulev Nõmmik-directed comedy television film Noor pensionär for Eesti Telefilm. In 1983, she appeared in the Kaljo Kiisk-directed Nipernaadi, an adaptation of August Gailit's 1928 novel Toomas Nipernaadi. In 1985, she appeared in the role of Anna on ...

Foreign Fields (2000)

Jacob, a farm boy from Denmark, joins U.N. Brigade's peacekeeping force in Bosnia, where he witnesses refugees trying to escape their war-torn villages. There, Jacob is befriended by Sergeant Holt, a cynical soldier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aage Rais-Nordentoft
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Mikkel Bay  •  Anders Valentinus Dam  •  Johan Widerberg

Jacob, a farm boy from Denmark, joins U.N. Brigade's peacekeeping force in Bosnia, where he witnesses refugees trying to escape their war-torn villages. There, Jacob is befriended by Sergeant Holt, a cynical soldier.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aage Rais-Nordentoft
CAST:  Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  •  Mikkel Bay  •  Anders Valentinus Dam  •  Johan Widerberg

Madness (1969)

The action takes place in a nameless country occupied by the German army at the time of World War II. In a small village there's an asylum. A squad of German soldiers arrives to take the insane people to a "walk in the forest". Just before they are ready to go to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Jüri Järvet  •  Valeriy Nosik  •  Bronius Babkauskas  •  Viktor Plyut

The action takes place in a nameless country occupied by the German army at the time of World War II. In a small village there's an asylum. A squad of German soldiers arrives to take the insane people to a "walk in the forest". Just before they are ready to go to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Jüri Järvet  •  Valeriy Nosik  •  Bronius Babkauskas  •  Viktor Plyut

Those Old Love Letters (1992)

A film about the life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian songwriter and singer of the 1930s and 40s, the political changes of his country and his life after the war when his songs were considered not suitable for the Soviet way of life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mati Põldre
CAST:  Rain Simmul  •  Liis Tappo-Treial  •  Ülle Kaljuste  •  Marika Korolev-Pihelpuu

A film about the life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian songwriter and singer of the 1930s and 40s, the political changes of his country and his life after the war when his songs were considered not suitable for the Soviet way of life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mati Põldre
CAST:  Rain Simmul  •  Liis Tappo-Treial  •  Ülle Kaljuste  •  Marika Korolev-Pihelpuu

Vasha (2009)

Tom, a wide-eyed, innocent sixteen year-old, finds himself an unwitting accomplice in a deadly game of vengeance and death when he befriends Artur - a Chechen man, hell bent on revenging the torture and murder of his family - on the streets of Tallinn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannu Salonen
CAST:  Mehmet Kurtuluş  •  Mart Müürisepp  •  Tim Seyfi  •  Adnan Maral

Tom, a wide-eyed, innocent sixteen year-old, finds himself an unwitting accomplice in a deadly game of vengeance and death when he befriends Artur - a Chechen man, hell bent on revenging the torture and murder of his family - on the streets of Tallinn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hannu Salonen
CAST:  Mehmet Kurtuluş  •  Mart Müürisepp  •  Tim Seyfi  •  Adnan Maral

Young Pensioner (1972)

One lovely day a young man, a former ballet dancer suddenly finds himself on a pension and begins searching for a new place in life. Fate brings him together with a rather mischievous young day for whom her mother has been trying to find a tutor. Many exciting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sulev Nõmmik
CAST:  Ervin Abel  •  Lia Laats  •  Leida Rammo  •  Helmut Vaag

One lovely day a young man, a former ballet dancer suddenly finds himself on a pension and begins searching for a new place in life. Fate brings him together with a rather mischievous young day for whom her mother has been trying to find a tutor. Many exciting ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sulev Nõmmik
CAST:  Ervin Abel  •  Lia Laats  •  Leida Rammo  •  Helmut Vaag

Living Images (2013)

The main character, Helmi, is born into the house of Baron von Strandmann in Old-Town Tallinn, in 1908. The only thing that she knows for sure about her past is that her mother was an Estonian servant girl. Everything else is a discovery during a life that runs the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer
CAST:  Sultan Aka  •  Linda Tallinn  •  Ita Ever  •  Mairen Mangusson

The main character, Helmi, is born into the house of Baron von Strandmann in Old-Town Tallinn, in 1908. The only thing that she knows for sure about her past is that her mother was an Estonian servant girl. Everything else is a discovery during a life that runs the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer
CAST:  Sultan Aka  •  Linda Tallinn  •  Ita Ever  •  Mairen Mangusson

The Fencer (2015)

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Klaus Härö
CAST:  Märt Avandi  •  Ursula Ratasepp  •  Hendrik Toompere Jr.  •  Liisa Koppel

Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Klaus Härö
CAST:  Märt Avandi  •  Ursula Ratasepp  •  Hendrik Toompere Jr.  •  Liisa Koppel

August välja (2014)

A short film about an old actress Leida Rammo who tries to complete an unfinished theatre house project.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Murdmaa
CAST:  Leida Rammo  •  Elmo Nüganen  •  Jüri Arrak  •  Linnar Priimägi

A short film about an old actress Leida Rammo who tries to complete an unfinished theatre house project.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Murdmaa
CAST:  Leida Rammo  •  Elmo Nüganen  •  Jüri Arrak  •  Linnar Priimägi

Traces (1964)

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DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Mati Klooren  •  Hugo Laur  •  Kaarel Karm  •  Paul Ruubel

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DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Mati Klooren  •  Hugo Laur  •  Kaarel Karm  •  Paul Ruubel

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 Adventurer (1983)

Toomas Nipernaadi is seen roaming the rural landscape, going from village to village looking for the woman of his dreams. He wears a bedraggled white suit but generously pays for any lodging he needs or in one case, even buys a farm. Nipernaadi has a way with words ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Tõnu Kark  •  Viire Valdma  •  Paul Poom  •  Egon Nuter

Toomas Nipernaadi is seen roaming the rural landscape, going from village to village looking for the woman of his dreams. He wears a bedraggled white suit but generously pays for any lodging he needs or in one case, even buys a farm. Nipernaadi has a way with words ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Tõnu Kark  •  Viire Valdma  •  Paul Poom  •  Egon Nuter

The Wild Swans (1987)

Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helle Karis
CAST:  Katri Horma  •  Juris Žagars  •  Andrejs Žagars  •  Ines Aru

Once upon a time, a King had eleven sons and one daughter. When his wife, the Queen, died, the King remarried. The new wife and the children's stepmother looks beautiful on the outside, but actually she's an evil witch. She sends the young princess Eliise to live ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Helle Karis
CAST:  Katri Horma  •  Juris Žagars  •  Andrejs Žagars  •  Ines Aru

Lamb in the Down Right Corner (1992)

A warm movie about two boys, who discover a secret of a painting that was considered to be lost. The adventures begin, when a boss of a bunch of criminals finds out about the painting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lembit Ulfsak
CAST:  Tõnu Kark  •  Margus Alver  •  Kaur Sinissaar  •  Dan Põldroos

A warm movie about two boys, who discover a secret of a painting that was considered to be lost. The adventures begin, when a boss of a bunch of criminals finds out about the painting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lembit Ulfsak
CAST:  Tõnu Kark  •  Margus Alver  •  Kaur Sinissaar  •  Dan Põldroos

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  •  Laine Mägi

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  •  Laine Mägi

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

Stolen Meeting (1989)

A mother released from a prison camp in Russia finds her son, but realises that reconciliation is impossible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leida Laius
CAST:  Maria Klenskaja  •  Andreas Kangur  •  Kaie Mihkelson  •  Lembit Peterson

A mother released from a prison camp in Russia finds her son, but realises that reconciliation is impossible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leida Laius
CAST:  Maria Klenskaja  •  Andreas Kangur  •  Kaie Mihkelson  •  Lembit Peterson

In One Hundred Years in May (1986)

Viktor Kingissepp has been the underground head of the Communist Party of Estonia for three years. He corresponds with Moscow, writes speeches for the members of the Communist Workers' Party and makes leaflets for the events of trade union. His purpose is to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Jüri Krjukov  •  Jaan Rekkor  •  Arvo Kukumägi  •  Sulev Luik

Viktor Kingissepp has been the underground head of the Communist Party of Estonia for three years. He corresponds with Moscow, writes speeches for the members of the Communist Workers' Party and makes leaflets for the events of trade union. His purpose is to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Jüri Krjukov  •  Jaan Rekkor  •  Arvo Kukumägi  •  Sulev Luik

The Little Witch (1975)

The little witch is already 127 years old, but that's no age for a real witch! She lives with a nice green crow named Aabram in a tiny hut in a thick forest, which, like all other witches' houses, stands on chicken legs. As you can imagine, she is busy all day to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virve Koppel
CAST:  Mari Lill  •  Väino Luup  •  Lo Tui  •  Leida Rammo

The little witch is already 127 years old, but that's no age for a real witch! She lives with a nice green crow named Aabram in a tiny hut in a thick forest, which, like all other witches' houses, stands on chicken legs. As you can imagine, she is busy all day to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Virve Koppel
CAST:  Mari Lill  •  Väino Luup  •  Lo Tui  •  Leida Rammo