Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary 2018 / Talupojad / Estonia 1968
This recently restored documentary bears witness to both the Soviet production system and censorship. The view of life on a collective farm depicted here seemed too bleak for the officials involved, and the film was not screened for two decades. What we see is an honest observation of country life presented in a wonderful visual form.
This recently restored film bears witness to both the Soviet production system and censorship. The view of life on a collective farm that Tambek portrayed seemed too bleak to the officials involved, and the film was not screened until the end of the 1980s. The current version of Peasants begins with a declaration from that time stating that the film failed to support the system, which led to it being shelved. What we see is an honest observation of various aspects of country life presented in a wonderful visual form.
Zane Balčus
18 min / Black & white, DCP
Director Ülo Tambek
/ Screenplay Hando Runnel
/ Dir. of Photography Toomas Kirdelaht
/ Editor Eevi Säde
/ Producer Jaak Jürida
/ Production Tallinnfilm
/ Sales Estonian Film Institute
Ülo Tambek (1922–1979). Selected filmography: Memento (1966), Eduard Viiralt (1968), Peasants (Talupojad, 1969), First Five-Pointed Stars (Esimesed viisnurgad, 1970), El Dorado (Eldoraado, 1971), Oil Shale Miners (Kivihännad, 1974), Passion (Passioon, 1978)
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Fax: +372 627 6061
E-mail: [email protected]
Eda Koppel
Film Institution Rep.
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