
Acting
Liina Vahtrik
Born 1972-08-08 · Tallinn, Harju District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]
Liina Vahtrik (née Liina Sallo; born August 8, 1972 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actress. Liina Vahtrik was born in Tallinn to actress and singer Helgi Sallo and opera singer Uno Heinapuu (:et). She attended schools in Tallinn, graduating from Tallinn Secondary School no. 47, before enrolling at the drama department of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1994, graduating in 1998. After graduation from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, in 1998 Vahtrik began an engagement as an actress at the Von Krahl Theatre in Tallinn. She left the Von Krahl Theatre in 2008, became a freelance actress and has appeared in a number of films and television series. Liina Vahtrik was married to Andre Vahtrik, who died in 2001. Afterwards, she had a long-term relationship with actor Jan Uuspõld.
Acting credits
6.9In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's mother is sent to a prison camp. Haunted by her mother's last words telling her to be a good kid, Leelo vows to be on her best behaviour in the confusing grown-up world in the hope that it will bring her mother back.
The Little Comrade
2018
5.0Artur is an Armenian guy who dreams about a career in filmmaking, but his grandfather wants him to take over the family wine business. When a bad review from an Estonian critic threatens to ruin the family business, Artur has to go to Tallinn to set things straight. There he meets the feisty Ingrid and things take an unexpected turn.
Happy Family
2018
5.4A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.
Disco and Atomic War
2009
NRA phone rings in the night. A man makes a mistake and picks it up.
Is It You?
2013
3.2Jan Uuspõld is a talented actor who is not up to scratch due to his problems with alcohol. He makes up his mind to stop taking clownish roles and accepts a serious part in a play at Vanemuise theatre instead. His journey from Tallinn to Tartu becomes an unusual and in a way exaggerated voyage depicting the life and mentality of contemporary Estonia through various human natures, attitudes and ways of thinking.
186 Kilometers
2007
NRElna goes around the school building unscrewing light bulbs. She replaces stronger ones with weaker bulbs and sells the better ones at the market to feed her son Ennu and his girlfriend Leena. One day, Ennu informs her that she is no longer needed.
Death Is Harder Than a Broken Heart
2025
5.4A young man tries to make sense of the world in the summer heat of late nineties Estonia.
The Days That Confused
2016
NO75 Unified Estonia was a fictious political movement created by Theatre NO99 that a large portion of the public treated as a real political force. It lasted 44 days, during which various political technologies were introduced. The project ended with Unified Estonia movement assembly, with more than 7500 people attending. It was one of the largest theatre events in contemporary Europe.
NO75 Unified Estonia Assembly
2010
NRThe 6 short films of "Tabamata ime" are based on Edward Vilde's play of the same name first published in 1912. Vilde's play is about a young piano player Leo Saalep, who returns to his homeland Estonia to give a concert, and whose alleged international breakthrough has given him the long awaited role of putting Estonian culture on the map in the eyes of the local culture elite.
Uncaught Miracle
2006
5.1A story of a naive man, whose direct behavior stirs in people moral unrest, rage and embarrassment over their own pettiness, making them yearn for goodness.
The Idiot
2011
NRWhen love is the greatest torment, will art or play save you? A dramatic documentary about author Vaino Vahing.
The Diary of Vaino Vahing
2021