Heino Mandri
Date of birth: 1922-09-11
Place of birth: Kohtla-Järve, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Хейно Мандре, Heino Numman
Biography
Heino Mandri (September 11, 1922 – December 3, 1990) was an Estonian film and stage actor. Heino Mandri was born in Kohtla-Järve, but his family moved to Tallinn when Mandri was two years old. In 1946, Mandri graduated in the only class of the short-lived Tallinn Theatre School (1942–1946) set up during the German occupation to carry on the work of the former State School of Performing Arts which had been liquidated during the Soviet occupation in 1940. In 1948, Mandri was accused in anti-Soviet activities and sentenced for seven years of forced labor. From 1948 to 1954 he served the sentence in the Viatlag prison camp, Lesnoy, Kirov Oblast in Northern Russia. Mandri was released in 1954 and returned to Estonia, where the Soviet authorities forbade him to get closer than 101 km to Tallinn under the 101st kilometre rule. Mandri settled in Viljandi and worked in Ugala theatre. In 1956 Mandri wrote a personal letter to the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Kliment Voroshilov, after which he got his sentence retroactively shortened to five years allowing him to enter Tallinn again. During the 1970s and 1980s, Heino Mandri casually appeared on Estonian national TV delivering his lines with impeccable command of the Estonian language. In Soviet films, Heino Mandri was usually cast as characters who were officers of the Wehrmacht, German businessmen, or American spies. Heino Mandri was acquitted of all political charges and fully rehabilitated in his rights only shortly before his death in 1990.
Movie Credits
Liberation: The Fire Bulge
1968-05-07
The "Fiery Arc" tells of a grandiose battle on the Kursk Bulge in the summer of 1943. Here was the l
Hills Like White Elephants
1963-01-01
A man and a woman are trying to solve a problem that is crucial to their relationship, but their ide
Liberation: Breakthrough
1969-05-08
Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhi
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
The Dead Season
1968-12-06
Soviet spy Ladeynikov learns that in one of the pharmaceutical centers in a small resort town works
The Joys of Midlife
1987-07-06
Five people who have recently reached middle-age are driving through Estonia to visit a famous witch
Chicherin
1986-10-01
Chicherin - Russian revolutionary, Soviet diplomat, first People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of t
Entrance to Labyrinth
1990-05-01
The actions of this mystery movie takes both in the past (in medieval times, as the scientists' hall
We Were Eighteen
1965-07-19
It's 1940 - the first summer of the Soviet occupation on the Estonian island Saaremaa. Teenagers ste
Nazis and Blondes
2008-05-09
Veteran actors from the 3 Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - gather at a castle in L
The Lark
1964-12-22
Russian prisoners of war commandeer a tank and lead the Nazis on a cross-country chase in this World
Inimeste maja
1974-01-01
Portrait film about Šarl Piel, a brigadier of builders who is demanding a lot both from himself and
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
Faulty Brides
1989-12-31
Rich nephews and beautiful girls can not get married, especially when neither of them have actually
European Story
1984-09-21
Two candidates are vying for the post of mayor of one of the major Western European cities - the Soc
Pedestrians
1971-01-01
This film is an humorous view on the conflict of pedestrians with all growing car traffic.
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
1976-06-21
In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and
Spring in the Forest
1974-11-18
Based on the novel “Ukuaru” by Veera Saar, a story about Minna, a young woman who has to make choice
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 Pastor of Reigi
1978-02-27
Pastor Paul Lempelius comes to the island of HIiumaa that seems to be like the world's end. While se
What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?
1967-06-19
After a long night with his old war buddies, Andres Lapeteus regains consciousness in the hospital.
Forest Captain
1972-02-16
Sailing to South America, the sailing ship "Fortuna" gets stuck in a calm in the middle of the Atlan
Exploded Hell
1967-07-10
Second world war. In one of the German intelligence schools are preparing sabotage groups of Russian
Uninvited Guests
1959-05-17
Four Estonians who have escaped to Sweden during the war return to Soviet Estonia in the 1950s. The
Time to Live, Time to Love
1977-01-10
Debora and Silver get into a serious car accident after a romantic night together. Silver escapes wi
Mercedes Runs Away from the Chase
1981-03-01
The film is set during World War II. After capturing the "trophy" Mercedes, a group of scouts, disgu
The Secret Agent’s End
1986-05-12
Operation "Resident", which lasted 15 years, is coming to an end. But the indestructible agent of "N
The Red Violin
1975-01-20
When Estonian violinist Eduard Sõrmus starts his concert tours in Europe, he is convinced that the w
Between Three Plagues
1970-11-14
The story of Balthasar Russow, an Estonian pastor from the 16th century, his life and life's work -
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
Summer Games of Insects
1971-01-01
A Woman Heats the Sauna
1979-01-02
The story is about a woman, who has to heat up the company's sauna, because the bosses want to enter
A Tale of a Chekist
1969-11-17
At the end of 1943, during the occupation in Odessa, a new specialist Kraft arrives at the shipyard
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
1965-08-09
The way Saint Peter explains it to the Devil who's knocking on Heaven's door to collect his share of
Lack of Wind
1971-10-18
Taavi is worried about the lack of wind that won't let him do his daily job as a fisherman. But he i
Indrek
1976-02-02
Based on the second part of the pentalogy "Truth and Justice" by Anton H. Tammsaare.
I'm Not a Tourist, I Live Here
1989-01-23
The film is about one of the greatest social hot spots in Estonia during the Soviet times when apart
Hundiseaduse aegu
1986-01-01
The love story of Liza Pesentak and the fearless patriot Melelave, who will go through a series of v
Rowan Gates
1981-04-13
Engineer Lembit with his construction team arrives at a small island to build a sheep farm. They are
Supernova
1966-01-03
A talented young student of astronomy and an experienced strict professor both dream about discoveri
Pöördel
1957-12-02
Raivo Kotkas is the new head of the collective farm "Victory". His predecessor Mihkel Vutt has pract
Fire in the Night
1973-09-17
Ülo and Olev think the German occupation is humiliating and the soldiers are arrogant. But even amon
Surmatants
1991-11-07
A historical costume drama where the fragments of the adventurous lives of Bernt Notke, one of the m
Murder on the 31st Floor
1981-06-13
Police officer Jensen orders the evacuation of a leading media group's office building after a bomb
Bay of Happiness
1988-02-16
Gladiator
1971-09-20
Joonas and Tiidrik are two men from the island of Saaremaa who recklessly escape from the German pri
Port
1976-07-05
Countermeasure
1975-05-24