
Production
Peeter Urbla
Born 1945-06-02 · Türi, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
Peeter Urbla (born June 2, 1945 in Türi) is an Estonian film director, producer and screenwriter. In 1969 he graduated from University of Tartu in art history speciality. In 1977 he finished his two-year courses for screenwriters and directors in Moscow. 1976–1989 he worked as a film director and screenwriter at Tallinnfilm and at Eesti Telefilm. In 1992 he founded independent film studio Exitfilm.
Acting credits
6.1In a deserted tundra on the lake, a seaplane makes an emergency landing, on board of which bank collectors carry a large amount of money. A storm begins and the plane relates to the river delta. An unknown person steals money from an airplane and kills a geologist, an accidental witness. And a few days later the ship departs from the northern port for the last navigation voyage, where a recidivist hides among the motley company of passengers, and the captain begins his own investigation...
Two Long Hoots in the Fog
1981
6.0The Christmas of 1905 in Vigala is not a peaceful holiday. The manor house has just been pillaged during the peasant's revolt; the air is full of smoke of fire and there is the premonition of inevitable punishment. Bernhard Laipmann is a tenant farmer whose wife is asking him to leave home since her husband keeps drawing the attention of the authorities. Having doubts about leaving, Laipmann is inspired by endeavouring towards freedom and equality and alarmed by the violence of the revolution.
Christmas in Vigala
1981
8.0Viktor Kingissepp has been the underground head of the Communist Party of Estonia for three years. He corresponds with Moscow, writes speeches for the members of the Communist Workers' Party and makes leaflets for the events of trade union. His purpose is to overthrow the Republic of Estonia since he does not believe in Estonian independence nor in any national ideals. Yet the clock keeps ticking, tuberculosis spreads rapidly, the world revolution is being postponed. What to do in order to make one's efforts work?
In One Hundred Years in May
1987
Behind the camera
10.0A young secretary, Helen, must take his boss's car to the garage. On the way she stumbles into unexpected déja vu adventures.
The Lady in the Car
1992
10.0A young secretary, Helen, must take his boss's car to the garage. On the way she stumbles into unexpected déja vu adventures.
The Lady in the Car
1992
NRThe mirror image of a pop star falls in love with the singer's wife and enters the world of people through the mirror. What to do if your own reflection becomes life-threatening to you?
Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye
1999
8.0In a small Swedish town, the murder of Frome, the owner of a public relations research firm, takes place. A day later, his friend Touraine, the police commissioner leading the investigation, is killed...
Closed Circle
1983
8.0In a small Swedish town, the murder of Frome, the owner of a public relations research firm, takes place. A day later, his friend Touraine, the police commissioner leading the investigation, is killed...
Closed Circle
1983
Pathologist Abrikosov gets a phone call that a fly has taken a refuge inside Lenin's sarcophagus. No one knows how to get rid of it. Its Mayday 1936 and Stalin himself is about to come to inspect the body prior to Mayday festivities.
Mausoleum
2016
NRTim plans revenge on the judge who sentenced his innocent brother for murder. Waiting for a suitable opportunity, the young man hides in an abandoned church on the judge's land. One day, Tim's hiding place is discovered by a strange girl, Good. The two young people thirsting for love find a partner in each other.
Hourglass Fixer
2004
NRFilm about a woman who wishes to sell a house full of painful memories and about a real-estate broker whose life intertwines the woman's life. In a world that seemed to be empty they suddenly notice another person - someone who shares a similar destiny. Nothing takes the past away like the future.
Mälestuste Maja
2008
7.0While suffering creative and emotional crisis, singer Katrin gives a poor performance at the pop music contest. She decides to turn over a new leaf and write a song that would convey an important message both for herself and for the audience. Katrin's personal drama - the story about her doubts and self-realization - is accompanied by the performances of well-known pop musicians of 1970s and 1980s.
The Song of the Summer
1982
NRA documentary about professional chess player Jaan Ehlvest and his daily life in a harsh world of professional sports where every result influences one's income and subsistence. The protagonist questions whether it is worth living a life where between championships he keeps running through different American cities and staying in hotels that look exactly the same. So it is not that much a sports documentary but rather a view into a development story of a talented and willful man.
Mängija
2008
5.5A three episode film consisting of three short films: "Promenade", "Poacher" and "Tattoo". The action of the films takes place in the 1930s in Estonia.
Daisy Petal Game
1978
5.5A three episode film consisting of three short films: "Promenade", "Poacher" and "Tattoo". The action of the films takes place in the 1930s in Estonia.
Daisy Petal Game
1978
NRSix fresh short films on the topic "Own and Stranger" from even more fresh Estonian directors.
FRESH BLOOD: Own and Stranger
2018
8.0While searching for his missing dog, Meelis stumbles upon a village where a strange crime has taken place. As he struggles to piece together what has happened, suspicions begin to arise. Telling good from evil seems nearly impossible when the truth is hopelessly lost.
Cerberus
2021
NRFollow up film to "Call-girl´s Christmas" captured four years prior by Artur Talvik and Rein Kotov. Kerstin, a prostitute portrayed in a blatantly natural-poetic documentary by Talvik-Kotov, has meanwhile been in prison for theft, then released and again called in front of the camera. A new person, perhaps, but still as skilled a manipulator of men as ever.
Guarding Angel
1997
9.0A documentary with a mystical-criminal air about a man who studies the story of a photographer from the Estonian diaspora in Canada who drowned 24 years ago. A branching, strange network of predestination is brutally turning against the researcher. The film is composed of material left behind by him.
Not Flammable
2001
7.0A parable about a solitary man who has forsaken the world and finds comfort only in planting trees. This activity has become a sacred ritual for him. Yet deep inside, he awaits and seeks some sort of solution to his solitude. One day during a particularly severe drought, the Earth answers him - the man finds the unconscious body of a woman in the soil cracked by the heat. Without stopping to think, he takes her home, resuscitates her and looks after her. This unexpected companion seriously test his convictions. How far can solitude go? A story about the destructive vicious circle of solitude - the fixed idea, love and giving up love.
The Gardener
2001
NRThe popular rock band on their tenth jubilee summer tour in 1981. In addition to being a concert film, the popularity of Ruja and the relations between the youth and popular music are investigated. Includes interviews with Valter Ojakäär, Ott Arder and the musicians themselves.
Ruja
1982
NRThe popular rock band on their tenth jubilee summer tour in 1981. In addition to being a concert film, the popularity of Ruja and the relations between the youth and popular music are investigated. Includes interviews with Valter Ojakäär, Ott Arder and the musicians themselves.
Ruja
1982
5.2In Estonia a political prisoner leaves the jail, only to discover that his best friend had stolen his girl. In Latvia a Russian soldier has a Latvian girlfriend. Her Latvian friends accept her boyfriend. But other Russian soldiers use coarse violence against them. In Lithuania an old priest had spent 15 years in Siberia and may still be secretly watched by the police.
The Baltic Love
1992
6.0The film is about one of the greatest social hot spots in Estonia during the Soviet times when apartments were distributed by the state, telling the story of a real estate agent and a homeless man. Mass immigration in 1944-1988 led to demographic conflict. Free apartments were mainly given to immigrants despite the fact that local people badly needed places of residence as well. They are not tourists, they live here, but they haven't got a home.
I'm Not a Tourist, I Live Here
1989
6.0The film is about one of the greatest social hot spots in Estonia during the Soviet times when apartments were distributed by the state, telling the story of a real estate agent and a homeless man. Mass immigration in 1944-1988 led to demographic conflict. Free apartments were mainly given to immigrants despite the fact that local people badly needed places of residence as well. They are not tourists, they live here, but they haven't got a home.
I'm Not a Tourist, I Live Here
1989
NRYoung people spending time in a bar in Tallinn. Documentary with an artistic attempt to interpret the passage of time, the value of the moment.
Elu täis roose
1979
NRAs a young woman, Claire left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as for the first time she returns. The town is nearly bankrupt and in urgent need of money. Everybody hopes Clara will come to the rescue. And she will. However, there is a condition: somebody must kill the man who was her lover all those years ago.
Visit of an Old Lady
2006
