Evald Aavik

Evald Aavik

Born: January 24, 1941
in Kuressaare, Estonia
Evald Aavik (born on January 24, 1941 in Kuressaare) is an Estonian actor.

In 1965 he graduated from Vanemuine Theatre's stage art studio (diploma nr 1). 1966–1988 he worked at Vanemuine Theatre, 1986–1989 in Ugala Theatre and 1989–1993 in Estonian Youth Theatre. Besides theatre roles he has played also in several films.

Movies for Evald Aavik...

Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Title: Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Character: Heino (Shadow)
Released: November 25, 2017
Type: Movie
The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is about to start her life in her new family. The Virgin, set in the spring of 1949, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria into Estonia during the previous war. The Shadow moves in the present, on the border of real life and fantasy. The main character, Luna Lee, has decided to flee from home. Is there anything besides emptiness somewhere? The film is led by the singularity of the leading character - Maara, Elina and Luna Lee are all played by the same actress.
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They Say Tomatoes Love Rock Music
Title: They Say Tomatoes Love Rock Music
Character: Aleksander
Released: September 8, 2016
Type: Movie
Aleksander, an old gentleman, maintains a blooming garden surrounding his old house in a sleepy resort town. Karl, his grandson, spends the summer with him and learns about the ways of the nature. Together with autumn rains arrives Aleksander’s daughter Marju, who hopes to inherit the old man’s house, tear it down and put up a guesthouse on the lot instead.
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The Temptation of St. Tony
Title: The Temptation of St. Tony
Character: Preacher
Released: October 10, 2009
Type: Movie
A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being a good person questions his morality as he faces the challenges of middle age and loses control of his life.
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Somnambulance
Title: Somnambulance
Character: Gottfrid
Released: September 19, 2003
Type: Movie
Autumn 1944, Estonia. Tens of thousands of people leave their homeland in fear of approaching frontline. Some seashore villages remain completely empty. A young woman with huge grey eyes gets off the boat. Eetla leaves the last boat, thus giving up her last chance to escape. Defying the cold wind and rain of September, she returns to the lighthouse which is unexpected to her father Gottfrid, the lighthouse keeper, and herself. Eetla's return becomes her self-encounter and self-recognition.
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Georgica
Title: Georgica
Character: Jakub
Released: October 14, 1998
Type: Movie
A quiet Tarkovskian drama about an old man who lives alone on a deserted island which the Soviet fighter planes use for nighttime target practicing. A young mute boy is sent from the mainland to keep him company. Both are haunted by memories, the boy about his mother and the old man about his younger days as a missionary in Africa.
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Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Title: Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Character: Monk
Released: March 6, 1993
Type: Movie
Tallinn, Estonia, days before outbreak of World War II. Hotel detective and Polish writer team up to find Tear of the Prince of Darkness, a legendary ring which can bring Satan’s rule over the world.
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Ainus pühapäev
Title: Ainus pühapäev
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
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Doctor Stockmann
Title: Doctor Stockmann
Released: July 10, 1989
Type: Movie
Toomas Stockmann, the head doctor of a water clinic built in a small town by the sea, discovers that the facility is threatened by an infection caused by construction errors in the waterworks. The powerful mayor Peter Stockmann, the doctor's brother, has used his position and connections for commercial and political gain and has ignored the doctor's warnings. The upper class of the town initially supports the doctor's decision to reveal the truth, but the mayor changes due to pressure and personal interests. Dr. Stockmann is labeled an enemy of the people. He must choose whether to stick to his ideas, at the risk of his family, or surrender to demagoguery.
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Dance Around the Steam Boiler
Title: Dance Around the Steam Boiler
Released: June 13, 1988
Type: Movie
The movie travels through the 20th century by monitoring a steam boiler. We see the history of Estonia through life, agricultural work and people at different times.
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Games for Teenagers
Title: Games for Teenagers
Character: Male Teacher
Released: November 28, 1985
Type: Movie
A sensitive girl struggles with first love and bullying in a 1980's Soviet orphanage.
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Christmas in Vigala
Title: Christmas in Vigala
Character: Bernhard Laipmann
Released: January 23, 1981
Type: Movie
The 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.
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Nest of Winds
Title: Nest of Winds
Character: Võõras
Released: September 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Set in the post-war years when sovietization was still being resisted by partisans, often at the expense of a farming population intent on rebuilding.
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Teacher of Reigi
Title: Teacher of Reigi
Character: Bellman
Released: February 27, 1978
Type: Movie
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Klaverihäälestaja tuleb kolmapäeval
Title: Klaverihäälestaja tuleb kolmapäeval
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The film ridicules stereotyped thinking through an absurdist lens.
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Men in Soldier's Overcoats
Title: Men in Soldier's Overcoats
Character: Lieutenant Aava
Released: July 25, 1968
Type: Movie
The story of the war film is about paths of the Estonian Shooting Corps (formed by the Red Army) during the WW-2 and how the fight forms an usual man to a loyal soldier. Ideologic aspects of the movie are more hidden than in ordinary Soviet war films but they're still existing.