Tallinn film
Tallinnfilm is the name of an Estonian film company. During the time of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic , almost all Estonian feature films were produced by Tallinnfilm . The company is located in the Estonian capital Tallinn .
Beginnings
The later Tallinnfilm was founded in 1931 under the name Eesti Kultuurfilm by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Estonia. It was a private company, but received strong financial support from the Estonian state. The focus was on news reports and documentaries for the newsreels in Estonian cinemas. Much of the equipment was purchased in Germany. Many Estonian directors orientated themselves on German models.
In 1936 the company was placed under the Estonian Ministry of the Interior. During this phase of the authoritarian government under Constantine Päts , freedom of opinion, freedom of art and the press were severely restricted. Eesti Kultuurifilm was placed at the service of the conservative government and transformed into a propaganda tool for the Estonian government.
Soviet occupation
With the Soviet occupation of Estonia in September 1940, the film companies were nationalized and used as a means of propaganda for the new communist rulers. With the first Soviet occupation of Estonia (1940-1941), the company was renamed Kinokroonika Eesti Stuudio . During the German occupation of Estonia (1941-1944) it was called Kinokroonika Tallinna Stuudio . After the reoccupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union, the state production company was called Tallinna Kinostuudio from 1947 and from 1954 Kunstiliste yes Kroonikafilmide Tallinna Kinostuudio . Mainly documentaries and news films were made. In 1947 another Estonian film was produced. With the beginning of the 1950s, the first continuous production of feature films began in Estonia.
Tallinnfilm has had its current name since 1963 . In the thaw period under Nikita Khrushchev , the Estonian film producers also made it possible to work more freely. Financing continued to run exclusively through the Soviet authorities and the state-owned Soviet film company Lenfilm . All scripts had to be approved there.
During the Soviet occupation of Estonia (until 1991), Tallinnfilm was responsible for the vast majority of Estonian film productions. Only a small part was produced by the Estonian television film company , Eesti Telefilm , which was founded in 1965 with its own studios . From 1972 animation films were increasingly shot in Estonia. By far the two biggest box office hits from Tallinnfilm during the Soviet era were the feature films Viimne reliikvia (“The Last Relic”, 1969) and Kevade (“Spring”, 1969).
Despite its small population, Estonia can boast a remarkable film production through the work of Tallinnfilm . Between 1941 and 1997 Tallinnfilm made a total of 115 full-length feature films and 28 short films. There are also 194 animated films (128 puppet films and 66 cartoons) as well as 504 documentaries, 415 popular science films and 1,578 news reports.
After 1991
After Estonian regained independence in 1991, Tallinnfilm largely withdrew from the production business. Tallinnfilm has since concentrated on film distribution and film restoration. She has been an arthouse cinema operator since 1994 . The current owner of Tallinnfilm is the Estonian Film Foundation ( Eesti Filmi Sihtasutus ), founded in 1997 .
See also
Web links
- Official website (Estonian and English)
- 100 years of Estonian film (Estonian and English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.tallinnfilm.ee/index.php?page=67 ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.tallinnfilm.ee/index.php?page=104 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
