Kalju Komissarov
Kalju Komissarov (March 8, 1946 Võru – March 6, 2017) was an Estonian actor, theatre and film director, and theatre pedagogue.
In 1968 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. 1968-1974 he worked as a film director at Tallinnfilm. 1974-1986 he was the principal stage manager at Noorsooteater, and 1986-1988 at Ugala Theatre. 1986-1995 he was the head of Estonian Music and Theatre Academy's Higher Theatre School (Estonian: Eesti Muusikaakadeemia Kõrgem Lavakunstikool).
In 2006 he was awarded with Order of the White Star, III class.
Komissarov was married to actress and former Tallinn State Conservatory classmate Helle-Reet Helenurm from 1967 until 1971.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.662 |
Birthday | 1946-03-08 |
Place of Birth | Võru, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia] |
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1997
All My Lenins
4.9/8
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...
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All My Lenins
1968
Crucified Island
5/1
Based on true story of Georgian uprising on Texel. Insurrection of captured Soviet-Georgian soldiers conscripted into German Wehrmacht on Holland's Te...
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Crucified Island
1970
The Last Relic
6.6/18
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases...
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The Last Relic
1973
Landing
0/0
Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Rein, but the long separations have tortured her. It seems to her that the man cares more about his work...
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Landing
1967
The Midday Ferry
4.2/6
The events take place in Estonia in a summer in the 1960s. The Boy and the Girl want to go from mainland Estonia to the island of Saaremaa, but they d...
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The Midday Ferry
2006
Mindless
4.9/8
A rich businessman moves to countryside to give his life a meaning.
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Mindless
1977
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
5.8/4
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...
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Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
1968
Men in Soldier's Overcoats
3.9/7
The story of the war film is about paths of the Estonian Shooting Corps (formed by the Red Army) during the WW-2 and how the fight forms an usual man...
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Men in Soldier's Overcoats
1975
Hit Back
0/0
The film invites its viewers to reflect on where modern sports have come to. Does a young, honest and uncompromising athlete have a future in the spor...
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Hit Back
1971
The Lost Ones
0/0
Two young nationalists from Soviet Estonia falls under the influence of popular radio DJ Rudolf Talgre, who during the war collaborated with the Nazis...
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The Lost Ones
1981
The Ideal Landscape
4.3/6
In post-World War II Estonia, Mait Kukemeri, an activist of the Young Communist League arrives to the Metsa collective farm in the back of a traveling...
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The Ideal Landscape
1996
Grisha
7/1
An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through the lens of old friends and colleagues.
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Grisha
2010
Father, Son and Holy Theatre
0/0
Alar Sudak alias Elaan is the don Quijote of Estonian theatre - predestined to eternal loneliness. Sudak's dream to become an officially acknowledged...
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Father, Son and Holy Theatre
1974
An Unusual Story
7/1
A young investigator fresh from the university gets assigned an arson case. 18-year-old Epp-Kai has admitted to the crime but he cannot see the girl's...
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An Unusual Story
1966
Supernova
0/0
A talented young student of astronomy and an experienced strict professor both dream about discovering a supernova. When the student experiences begin...
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