Sulev Nõmmik

Directing

Sulev Nõmmik

Born 1931-01-11 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia

Sulev Nõmmik (January 11, 1931 in Tallinn – July 28, 1992 in Kuressaare) was an Estonian theatre and movie director, actor, humorist and comedian. He's mostly associated with the comical character of Kärna Ärni and the related fictional village of Uduvere (roughly translated as Foggyshire), but he was also influential in writing scripts for several well-known movies, including Men Don't Cry (Mehed ei nuta), Here We Are! (Siin me oleme!) and Young Pensioner (Noor pensionär).

Acting credits

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The Tin Men

1984

Our Artur poster
7.0

Throughout his long singing career, Artur Rinne went hand in hand with his audience who appreciated simplicity and heartfelt folksy songs. Singing, meeting audience like old acquaintances in large concert halls or in modest village clubs - this is the essence of his work. Artur Rinne talks about his life as a singer and as a person.

Our Artur

1968

Perekond Männard poster
8.0

The story takes place right before the Uprising of December 1st, 1924. The Männard family remains faithful to the proletariat and the Neider family dreams about having a private house and opening a small business of their own.

Perekond Männard

1961

Our Uduvere poster
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A documentary style comedy film about a made up village in Estonia

Our Uduvere

1987

Bumpy poster
6.8

Brother and sister Kusti and Iti get lost in a forest while picking strawberries and are captured by an evil forest hag. They are made to work for her. The hag has a son called Bumpy whom Iti befriends. When they get a chance to escape, they decide to take Bumpy with them.

Bumpy

1981

Black Like Me poster
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John Griffin, made up as black, learns what the life of a black-skinned man in the USA is like.

Black Like Me

1969

Men Don't Cry poster
6.7

A group of sleepless men should be taken into sanitarium for insomnia therapy. They are taken to a lonely island but no sanitarium is in sight. It turns out that the nurses have kidnapped the men and are about to give them the only useful medicine they need - fresh air and work. But the patients decide to disobey. There's only one solution - to escape.

Men Don't Cry

1969

Here We Are poster
6.9

On a nice summer day a funny little car rolls over a peaceful farm yard of Muhu island. The family that withdraws from the vehicle is quite odd-looking: an overbearing madam, a henpecked stammering husband and a mystical red-head. They announce that they want to spend their vacation in the farm ... "We are from capital, we will pay". This quiet vacation turns out to be a frantic day with romance, unexpected turns and fisticuffs between suitors.

Here We Are

1978

Behind the camera

Sulev Nõmmik poster
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Everyone has their own Sulev Nõmmik. To whom the director Sulev Nõmmik, to whom Kärna Ärni alias Ernst Kern, some remember him as a ballet dancer, others as a satirist. What these parts mean together and whether the whole can be divided, the film tries to answer.

Sulev Nõmmik

1987

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A silent comedy about a retired ballet artist who returns home to his first love twenty years later. It turns out that she had a child, who the man sets out to search for. Will the young pensioner find his child and will it be a girl or a boy?

A Young Retiree

1971

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A silent comedy about a retired ballet artist who returns home to his first love twenty years later. It turns out that she had a child, who the man sets out to search for. Will the young pensioner find his child and will it be a girl or a boy?

A Young Retiree

1971

Our Uduvere poster
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A documentary style comedy film about a made up village in Estonia

Our Uduvere

1987

Boys' Songs poster
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Selection of musical numbers from the feature film "Jõmm", packaged separately into a musical short film.

Boys' Songs

1975

Young Pensioner poster
6.1

One lovely day a young man, a former ballet dancer suddenly finds himself on a pension and begins searching for a new place in life. Fate brings him together with a rather mischievous young day for whom her mother has been trying to find a tutor. Many exciting events begin to take place.

Young Pensioner

1972

Young Pensioner poster
6.1

One lovely day a young man, a former ballet dancer suddenly finds himself on a pension and begins searching for a new place in life. Fate brings him together with a rather mischievous young day for whom her mother has been trying to find a tutor. Many exciting events begin to take place.

Young Pensioner

1972

Mishuk poster
NR

A musical comedy about the adventures of boys, girls and a bear cub named Mishuk.

Mishuk

1975

Men Don't Cry poster
6.7

A group of sleepless men should be taken into sanitarium for insomnia therapy. They are taken to a lonely island but no sanitarium is in sight. It turns out that the nurses have kidnapped the men and are about to give them the only useful medicine they need - fresh air and work. But the patients decide to disobey. There's only one solution - to escape.

Men Don't Cry

1969

Men Don't Cry poster
6.7

A group of sleepless men should be taken into sanitarium for insomnia therapy. They are taken to a lonely island but no sanitarium is in sight. It turns out that the nurses have kidnapped the men and are about to give them the only useful medicine they need - fresh air and work. But the patients decide to disobey. There's only one solution - to escape.

Men Don't Cry

1969

The Old Thomas was Stolen poster
4.0

A faithful city guardian the Old Thomas, who has stood on the top of the tower of Tallinn Town Hall for centuries, is suddenly gone. He has neglected his post in order to go and protect a couple in love. The adventures of the Old Thomas and the historians who are chasing him through the romantic Old Town of Tallinn and the newer district of Tallinn. The whole film has the mood of song celebrations and the characters are always accompanied by music, songs and dance.

The Old Thomas was Stolen

1970

Here We Are poster
6.9

On a nice summer day a funny little car rolls over a peaceful farm yard of Muhu island. The family that withdraws from the vehicle is quite odd-looking: an overbearing madam, a henpecked stammering husband and a mystical red-head. They announce that they want to spend their vacation in the farm ... "We are from capital, we will pay". This quiet vacation turns out to be a frantic day with romance, unexpected turns and fisticuffs between suitors.

Here We Are

1978

Here We Are poster
6.9

On a nice summer day a funny little car rolls over a peaceful farm yard of Muhu island. The family that withdraws from the vehicle is quite odd-looking: an overbearing madam, a henpecked stammering husband and a mystical red-head. They announce that they want to spend their vacation in the farm ... "We are from capital, we will pay". This quiet vacation turns out to be a frantic day with romance, unexpected turns and fisticuffs between suitors.

Here We Are

1978