Hendrik Toompere

Acting

Hendrik Toompere

Born — Died

1946-07-17 — 2008-10-13

Place of birth

Mustla, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]

Known for

Acting

Credits

9 titles

Hendrik Toompere Sr. (July 17, 1946 - October 13, 2008) was an Estonian actor and director. Toompere was married to actress Maie Toompere. His children are actors Harriet Toompere and Hendrik Toompere Jr., and his grandchildren are Hendrik Toompere Jr. Jr. , Franz Malmsten Jr. and Hugo Malmsten Jr.. Since 1963 he worked at Estonian State Puppet Theatre. Awards: 2001: Order of the White Star, V class.

Known for

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When tragedy strikes, a carefree journalist must step up to anchor his family and rebuild his world.

A Midnight Pilgrimage

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Candles in the Dark poster
6.0

Candles in the Dark is the story of a girl who comes to visit her father's homeland, the Soviet Republic of Estonia. After she arrives, she finds that her father is part of the dissident anti-soviet underground. She soon find her self engulfed in the struggle with her father and a lot of new friends, and finds herself being hunted by the KGB.

Candles in the Dark

1993

Marraskuun harmaa valo poster
6.2

Kari Syysmäki, a Finnish Businessman is on a vacation with his wife in Tallinn. When his wife is away a young man enters their hotel room with a gun. He tells to the businessman that he has just tried to rob a bank, but accidentally shot one of the clerks. Now he's hiding from the cops. But when the bank robber forgets his gun on the table, Syysmäki grabs it and shoots him in the back. After that Syysmäki refuses to travel back to Finland with his wife. He stays in Tallinn and soon he's about to face both the cops and the mob of Estonia.

Marraskuun harmaa valo

1993

Touched by the Unknown poster
6.0

Mati is an assistant in TV studio. Patiently he has waited for his time to become a TV star but seems that he has to wait forever. One day an alien called Tipp is sent on Earth (by its chief Tapp) to find out the purpose of Estonian children's TV show "Tipp and Tapp". Tipp nestles himself inside Mati's brains that leads the man to unpredictable actions.

Touched by the Unknown

2005

Those Old Love-letters poster
7.0

A film about the life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian songwriter and singer of the 1930s and 40s, the political changes of his country and his life after the war when his songs were considered not suitable for the Soviet way of life.

Those Old Love-letters

1992

For Crazies Only poster
4.8

A young man is taken to a small town hospital after a suicide attempt. Rita is a beautiful married Russian nurse taking care of him.

For Crazies Only

1991

Film credits

1990s · 5 titles

Candles in the Dark poster
6.0

Candles in the Dark is the story of a girl who comes to visit her father's homeland, the Soviet Republic of Estonia. After she arrives, she finds that her father is part of the dissident anti-soviet underground. She soon find her self engulfed in the struggle with her father and a lot of new friends, and finds herself being hunted by the KGB.

Candles in the Dark

1993

Marraskuun harmaa valo poster
6.2

Kari Syysmäki, a Finnish Businessman is on a vacation with his wife in Tallinn. When his wife is away a young man enters their hotel room with a gun. He tells to the businessman that he has just tried to rob a bank, but accidentally shot one of the clerks. Now he's hiding from the cops. But when the bank robber forgets his gun on the table, Syysmäki grabs it and shoots him in the back. After that Syysmäki refuses to travel back to Finland with his wife. He stays in Tallinn and soon he's about to face both the cops and the mob of Estonia.

Marraskuun harmaa valo

1993

Those Old Love-letters poster
7.0

A film about the life of Raimond Valgre, an Estonian songwriter and singer of the 1930s and 40s, the political changes of his country and his life after the war when his songs were considered not suitable for the Soviet way of life.

Those Old Love-letters

1992

For Crazies Only poster
4.8

A young man is taken to a small town hospital after a suicide attempt. Rita is a beautiful married Russian nurse taking care of him.

For Crazies Only

1991

Peeping Gnooms poster
7.0

Puppet film about pre-Christmas. Puppet world is united with natural scenes with kids, traditional fairy-tale land with gnooms and Santa Clause is revitalized. The film is meant for children.

Peeping Gnooms

1990