Eero Spriit

Eero Spriit (born September 4, 1949), is an Estonian actor, theatre producer and director, and film and television producer. Spriit's career as an actor began in the early 1970s. Eero Spriit was born as one of two children in Pärnu to journalist, satirist, and politician Edgar Spriit and journalist Ester Spriit (née Tartu). His parents divorced when he was young and his father married dancer and dance pedagogue Elonna Goretski. From this union, he has a half-brother, Egon Spriit. In 1972, he enrolled in the Performing Arts Department of the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) in Tallinn to study acting under course supervisor Voldemar Panso, graduating in 1976. Among his graduating classmates were Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Aare Laanemets, Kalju Orro, Jüri Krjukov, Anne Paluver, Priit Pedajas, Lembit Peterson, Külliki Tool, Urmas Kibuspuu, and Peeter Volkonski.

Purge (2012)

Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Liisi Tandefelt  •  Amanda Pilke  •  Peter Franzén

Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antti J. Jokinen
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Liisi Tandefelt  •  Amanda Pilke  •  Peter Franzén

All My Lenins (1997)

Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks' leader, in order to start a revolution in Russia with German money and create a new national state of Estonia in the north-east of Russia. For security reasons, five ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer
CAST:  Üllar Saaremäe  •  Viktor Sukhorukov  •  Andrus Vaarik  •  Indrek Taalmaa

Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks' leader, in order to start a revolution in Russia with German money and create a new national state of Estonia in the north-east of Russia. For security reasons, five ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hardi Volmer
CAST:  Üllar Saaremäe  •  Viktor Sukhorukov  •  Andrus Vaarik  •  Indrek Taalmaa

Zero Point (2014)

Sensitive and restless Johannes is accepted to an elite school in Tallinn and expects life to go uphill. Instead, he becomes the victim of mental abuse by his classmates. In search of recognition, he goes to his old Lasnamäe friends, who spend their time doing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihkel Ulk
CAST:  Märt Pius  •  Epp Eespäev  •  Uku Arop  •  Linda Porkanen

Sensitive and restless Johannes is accepted to an elite school in Tallinn and expects life to go uphill. Instead, he becomes the victim of mental abuse by his classmates. In search of recognition, he goes to his old Lasnamäe friends, who spend their time doing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mihkel Ulk
CAST:  Märt Pius  •  Epp Eespäev  •  Uku Arop  •  Linda Porkanen

Fire Lily (2018)

The mystical and thrilling drama asks what sort of reality can give our life meaning. The film tells the story of Pia (38), an ophthalmologist, whose marriage has recently ended because she was not able to have children. As she strives to move forward with her life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Avdyushko
CAST:  Ingrid Isotamm  •  Johann Urb  •  Eva Eensaar  •  Rasmus Kallas

The mystical and thrilling drama asks what sort of reality can give our life meaning. The film tells the story of Pia (38), an ophthalmologist, whose marriage has recently ended because she was not able to have children. As she strives to move forward with her life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Avdyushko
CAST:  Ingrid Isotamm  •  Johann Urb  •  Eva Eensaar  •  Rasmus Kallas

Igihaljas vaatemäng (1981)

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DIRECTION:  Toomas Lepp  •  Eero Spriit
CAST:  Ita Ever  •  Urmas Kibuspuu  •  Jüri Krjukov  •  Helle-Reet Helenurm

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DIRECTION:  Toomas Lepp  •  Eero Spriit
CAST:  Ita Ever  •  Urmas Kibuspuu  •  Jüri Krjukov  •  Helle-Reet Helenurm

The Triangle (1982)

A surreal view of marriage that actually grows funnier as it progresses through its fourteen minutes towards a conclusion that is not unexpected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Priit Pärn
CAST:  Eino Baskin  •  Maria Klenskaja  •  Eero Spriit

A surreal view of marriage that actually grows funnier as it progresses through its fourteen minutes towards a conclusion that is not unexpected.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Priit Pärn
CAST:  Eino Baskin  •  Maria Klenskaja  •  Eero Spriit

Don Juan in Tallinn (1972)

Don Juan arrives in Tallinn and soon the gossip spreads like wildfire. The local women trip over themselves to be seduced by him; the men race to defend their honor by challenging him to a duel. What no one knows is that Don Juan is a woman in disguise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvo Kruusement
CAST:  Lembit Anton  •  Gunta Virkava  •  Merle Aru  •  Lembit Ulfsak

Don Juan arrives in Tallinn and soon the gossip spreads like wildfire. The local women trip over themselves to be seduced by him; the men race to defend their honor by challenging him to a duel. What no one knows is that Don Juan is a woman in disguise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvo Kruusement
CAST:  Lembit Anton  •  Gunta Virkava  •  Merle Aru  •  Lembit Ulfsak

Ask the Dead About the Price of Death (1977)

The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communists, failed and resulted in many lost lives on both sides. The Communists were forced underground.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Juozas Kiselius  •  Gediminas Girdvainis  •  Maria Klenskaja  •  Elle Kull

The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communists, failed and resulted in many lost lives on both sides. The Communists were forced underground.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaljo Kiisk
CAST:  Juozas Kiselius  •  Gediminas Girdvainis  •  Maria Klenskaja  •  Elle Kull

How the King Wanted to Go to the Moon (1976)

A story about a king, who one day decides he needs to get to the moon, no matter what it takes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elvi Koppel
CAST:  Urmas Kibuspuu  •  Anne Paluver  •  Eero Spriit  •  Väino Laes

A story about a king, who one day decides he needs to get to the moon, no matter what it takes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elvi Koppel
CAST:  Urmas Kibuspuu  •  Anne Paluver  •  Eero Spriit  •  Väino Laes

Daisy Petal Game 2 (2013)

A three-film cassette, "Daisy Petal Game 2" looks at three different lifetimes where a person is forced to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. Such moments come as suddenly and dramatically as the first falling in love. How to deal with these ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andres Maimik  •  Katrin Tegova  •  Jan Erik Nõgisto  •  Elina Naan
CAST:  Ivo Reinok  •  Johannes Naan  •  Liis Lindmaa  •  Kristiina-Hortensia Port

A three-film cassette, "Daisy Petal Game 2" looks at three different lifetimes where a person is forced to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives. Such moments come as suddenly and dramatically as the first falling in love. How to deal with these ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andres Maimik  •  Katrin Tegova  •  Jan Erik Nõgisto  •  Elina Naan
CAST:  Ivo Reinok  •  Johannes Naan  •  Liis Lindmaa  •  Kristiina-Hortensia Port