Kaljo Kiisk
Date of birth: 1925-12-03
Place of birth: Vaivina, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
Known for: Directing
Also known as: K. Kiisa, K. Kiisk, Kalju Kiisk, Kalje Kiysk
Biography
Kaljo Kiisk (December 3, 1925 – September 20, 2007) was an Estonian actor, film director and politician. He was best known for his roles as Kristjan Lible from Spring, Summer and Autumn, film adaptations of Oskar Luts' novels, and as Johannes Saarepera from ETV's long-running Õnne 13. His career spanned over half a century from 1953 to 2007.
Movie Credits
American Mountains
1994-05-19
A former goldminer who has run afoul of the law is made an unusual offer by the mafia. The power of
Too Tired to Hate
1995-11-23
This modern western depicting juvenile crime takes as its theme the struggle of an individual agains
Marraskuun harmaa valo
1993-04-23
Kari Syysmäki, a Finnish Businessman is on a vacation with his wife in Tallinn. When his wife is awa
Spring
1970-01-05
Paunvere parish school students Arno and Teele, Toots and Kiir, Tõnisson and Imelik experience feeli
Rothschild's Violin
1996-12-18
1938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Ro
Summer
1976-05-10
In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agricu
Autumn
1990-12-20
The main character of the film is Paunvere tailor Jorh Adniel Kiir. Two young seamstresses, Juuli an
Igihaljas vaatemäng
1981-04-01
Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
1982-08-22
Arabella is a daughter of the world's most terrifying pirate captain. She loves her father but also
Visit of an Old Lady
2006-04-06
As a young woman, Claire left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as for
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
1977-06-08
The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communis
Landing
1973-01-02
Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Rein, but the long separations have tortured her. It s
Dangerous Curves
1961-07-21
A romantic comedy about two rival motorcyclists who are in love with two twin sisters. It is a rema
The Red Violin
1975-01-20
When Estonian violinist Eduard Sõrmus starts his concert tours in Europe, he is convinced that the w
My Wife Became a Grandmother
1977-07-25
A middle-aged literature teacher who devotes his free time to poetry is used to being the center of
Vernanda
1988-01-01
A passenger steps off his train during a short stop in a small town called Vernanda in order to buy
Old Thomas Is Stolen
1970-10-16
Old Faithful City mascot Thomas, who for centuries have stood the Town Hall tower at the top, is gon
Indrek
1976-02-02
Based on the second part of the pentalogy "Truth and Justice" by Anton H. Tammsaare.
Doctor Stockmann
1989-07-10
Toomas Stockmann, the head doctor of a water clinic built in a small town by the sea, discovers that
The Hostage
2006-05-01
The Hijacker lands the plane at the Rīga Airport. 7 year-old Tom, travelling on his own, voluntarily
Peace Avenue
1991-12-12
On Christmas Eve, the residents of Peace Avenue discover that there are military guards in front of
Awakening
1990-02-22
It is the night of March 25, 1949. A full moon hangs over Estonia. Endless rows of cattle cars are w
Old Man Wants to Go Home
1991-12-01
Toomas Simmo is a simple worker who has seen a lot of injustice and carelessness in his life. Yet he
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
1967-06-19
After a long night with his old war buddies, Andres Lapeteus regains consciousness in the hospital.
Jüri Rumm
1994-05-26
Jüri Rumm is a hot-tempered young peasant who is not afraid of either German barons or the Russian c
Yachts at Sea
1955-12-26
After the war, young yachtsmen from the coastal town deal with daily work, training and competitions
Ladybirds' Christmas
2001-11-29
Two young ladybirds Tim and Mia are unexpectedly taken into a human family’s house together with a C
Death Under Sail
1976-06-06
Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When his
Men from the Fisherman's Village
1962-12-30
After a stormy night on the sea, a group of Estonian fishermen end up in a small coastal Finnish tow
In One Hundred Years in May
1987-07-24
Viktor Kingissepp has been the underground head of the Communist Party of Estonia for three years. H
Grisha
1996-11-08
An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through th
Madness
1969-02-17
Before the end of the Second World War, a special commando marches into a mental hospital located in
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988-06-13
The movie travels through the 20th century by monitoring a steam boiler. We see the history of Eston
An Unusual Story
1974-12-23
A young investigator fresh from the university gets assigned an arson case. 18-year-old Epp-Kai has
Andrus' Happiness
1955-07-18
Andrus Laane comes from a fisherman's village. He dreams of becoming a captain to sail the seas but
Puud olid...
1986-11-10
Typhus has killed the father, mother and older son of Palanumäe farm. Hind, younger son, realizes th