Director
Born 1925, Estonia
 
Died 2007
Kaljo KIISK
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Кальё Карлович КИЙСК
Kaljo KIISK
Also : КИЙСК Кальо
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
1969 - Madness (Безумие) [fiction, 79 mn]
1962 - Ice Drift (Ледоход) [fiction, 94 mn]
1961 - Dangerous Turns (Опасные повороты) [fiction, 119 mn]
1959 - Naughty Curves (Озорные повороты) [fiction, 90 mn]

Other films
1993 Prompter / Суфлер (Estonia)
1989 Regina / Регина (USSR)
1986 In a Hundred Years in May / Через сто лет в мае (USSR)
1983 The Seeker of Adventures / Искатель приключений (USSR)
1980 Forest Violets / Лесные фиалки (USSR)
1977 Ask the Dead About the Price of Death / Цену смерти спроси у мертвых (USSR)
1974 Red Violin / Красная скрипка (USSR)
1972 To Step Ashore / Сойти на берег (USSR)
1971 The Shore of Winds / Берег ветров (USSR)
1968 Insanity / Безумие (released in 1987, USSR)
1967 Midday Ferry / Полуденный паром (USSR)
1965 They Were Eighteen / Им было восемнадцать (USSR)
1963 Turn Back Along the Way / Оглянись в пути (USSR)
1961 Dangerous Turns / Опасные повороты (with Yu.Kun, USSR)
1959 Mischievous Turns / Озорные повороты (with Yu.Kun, USSR)
1957 June Days / Июньские дни (with V.Nevezhny, USSR)
 
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Awards :
Merited worker of arts of the USSR (1965)
People's Artist of Estonia (1980)
Winner of the State Award of Estonia (1985)

Biography
Born on December 3, 1925 in the village of Vaivina, Estonia.
Studied at the Estonian theatrical institute (1947-1949). Graduated from the department of directing at State Institute of Theatre Art (1953, workshopof M.Knebel).
In 1953-1955 was an actor and a director at the Kingisepp Tallinn academic drama theatre. Since 1955 was a director at "Tallinnfilm" studio. Played more than 30 parts in movies.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Ces soldats de la Wehrmacht et SS devenus des acteurs soviétiques célèbres Boris EGOROV, 2021, RUSSIA BEYOND