Mikk Mikiver

Mikk Mikiver

Born: September 4, 1937
Died: January 9, 2006
in Tallinn, USSR [now Estonia]
Mikk Mikiver (September 4, 1937 – January 9, 2006) was a prominent Estonian stage and film actor and theater director.

Mikiver was born in Tallinn, Estonia. He graduated from the State Conservatory of Tallinn in 1961. He then went on to appear in many Estonian films and was a highly regarded dramatic actor. In addition to stage and film, Mikiver was also a prodigious television actor. While never retiring from acting, Mikiver gradually became more interested in theater direction and was for many years the principal director of the Estonian Drama Theatre and the Estonian Youth Theater.

In addition to Estonian language films, Mikiver also appeared in Russian, Swedish, Polish and Finnish productions.

For his notable achievements, the Estonian government awarded Mikiver the Order of the White Star, 4th Class, as well as the National Lifetime Achievement award. Mikiver was also a patron of the Tallinn Children's Hospital Foundation. He died at the age of 68 on 9 January 2006.

Mikk Mikiver was the older brother of actor Tõnu Mikiver and was married to actress Carmen Mikiver from 1989 until his death. Between 1971 and 1983 he was married to actress Ada Lundver.

Movies for Mikk Mikiver...

Grisha
Title: Grisha
Released: November 8, 1996
Type: Movie
An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through the lens of old friends and colleagues.
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Title: Pimeän hehku
Character: Alex Landau
Released: September 4, 1996
Type: TV
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Title: Wikman's Boys
Character: Mr. Wikman
Released: January 8, 1995
Type: TV
Wikman's Boys is a 1994-year drama serial about the Wikman Private Gymnasium students from 1937 till their mobilization in 1944. The series is based on a 1988 novel Wikmani poisid by Jaan Kross.
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Peace Street
Title: Peace Street
Character: Verner
Released: December 12, 1991
Type: Movie
On Christmas Eve, the residents of Peace Street discover that there are military guards in front of their houses. Soon they have to start showing their passports when entering their homes. The residents are told by the authorities that in order to keep the peace they have to be ready to co-operate. It is an order and people stick to it. It is heard that the foreign troops will leave when the snow will be gone - so it won't be long until the everyday life will be normal again. When spring arrives, not only the snow disappears but also lots of residents. Those who stay will look forward to the Midsummer Day.
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Friends, Comrades
Title: Friends, Comrades
Character: Arno Jurmala
Released: November 16, 1990
Type: Movie
The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, he meets prospective customers on all sides of the conflict with his all-inclusive greeting "Friends, Comrades." Indeed, the resource he is wrenching from the earth's bowels is necessary to all forms of industrial activity, and is especially necessary for military applications. Thus, he has no reason to fear that he will ever run out of customers. This doesn't prevent him from using every possible means to entice them. At home, his relationship with his wife is not so prosperous, and they resort to some extraordinary means to try and keep on an even keel.
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Entrance to Labyrinth
Title: Entrance to Labyrinth
Character: Paratsels
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: Movie
The actions of this mystery movie takes both in the past (in medieval times, as the scientists' hallucinations) and in the days of Perestroika.
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Title: Entrance to the Maze
Character: Paratsels - srednevekovyy lekar
Released: May 1, 1990
Type: TV
A Russian mystery miniseries set both in medieval times and in the days of Perestroika.
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The Curse of Snake Valley
Title: The Curse of Snake Valley
Character: Director of Organization
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: Movie
The trio of adventurous pals, a man who is a scientist, a fine lady and a former military pilot are in the Tibetian jungles looking for some mysterious vase that holds a metal container that is of no mundane origin.
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The Thirteenth Apostle
Title: The Thirteenth Apostle
Released: June 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Russian adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles"
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The End of Eternity
Title: The End of Eternity
Character: Educator Yarrow
Released: June 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Directed by Andrei Yermash, and written by Isaac Asimov, Budimir Metalnikov, and Andrei Yermash, «Konets vechnosti» is a 1987 Science Fiction film, starring Oleg Vavilov, Vera Sotnikova, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Sergei Yursky, Gediminas Girdvainis and Boris Ivanov.
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Flamingo: The Bird of Luck
Title: Flamingo: The Bird of Luck
Released: December 24, 1986
Type: Movie
A teenage boy named Vahur, who is from a seemingly upstanding family, becomes an accomplice to the vicious assault on an elderly man. Through a look into the boy's childhood and family, this film raises the question of how to become and remain a decent human being in the schizophrenic Soviet society where everyone was equal, but some were more equal than others.
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Title: Battle for Moscow
Character: Конев
Released: November 1, 1985
Type: TV
The Battle of Moscow is a 1985 Soviet multi-part war narrative, presenting a dramatized account of the 1941 Battle of Moscow and the events preceding it. The battle was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War.
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The Smacking Sea
Title: The Smacking Sea
Character: Siimen Tara
Released: November 20, 1981
Type: Movie
The Smacking Sea is a film about the work of traditional seal hunters on the smacking Baltic Sea and their life in the coastal village.
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Igihaljas vaatemäng
Title: Igihaljas vaatemäng
Released: April 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Title: Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Character: Hinckus
Released: August 27, 1979
Type: Movie
The police get a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly, an avalanche cuts them off from the rest of the world and strange things start happening.
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Soolo
Title: Soolo
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A mysterious short film about a raft watchman who meets a strange company by the river.
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Teacher of Reigi
Title: Teacher of Reigi
Character: Paul Lempelius
Released: February 27, 1978
Type: Movie
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The Winds of the Milky Way
Title: The Winds of the Milky Way
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 4, 1978
Type: Movie
Sequel to the "The Waterfowl People". The author interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relationships of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns, Vepsians, Votes, Setos, Erzya-Mordvinians, Mansi, Hungarians, Sami, Nganasans, and Estonians appear in the film. The film was shot in 1977 on location in northern Finland, Sapmi, Vepsia, Votia, Mordovia, Khantia-Mansia, Hungary, the Taymyr Peninsula, the Setomaa region in Estonia, and on the Estonian islands of Saaremaa and Muhu. Footage was also shot in 1970 in the Nenets Okrug. The second documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum" series.
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Daisy Petal Game
Title: Daisy Petal Game
Character: Vambola (segment "Poacher")
Released: December 5, 1977
Type: Movie
A three episode film consisting of three short films: "Promenade", "Poacher" and "Tattoo". The action of the films takes place in the 1930s in Estonia.
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Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
Title: Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
Character: Minister
Released: June 8, 1977
Type: Movie
The attempted coup of Estonia on Dec. 1, 1924, conducted by Comintern, staged by the Soviet Communists, failed and resulted in many lost lives on both sides. The Communists were forced underground.
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Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata
Title: Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata
Character: Neumann
Released: June 21, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1921, the Cheka became aware that gold and jewelry were stolen from the treasury of Gokhran, and that a special organization was involved in transporting the stolen to Estonia. Scout Maksim Isayev is sent to this country. He establishes that the cipher of the Soviet embassy Olenetskaya works for the German resident Nolmar, with whom employees of Gokhran Kozlovskaya and an appraiser Yakov Shelekhes are associated. As a result of the provocation, Isayev was arrested. In the prison cell, he finds himself together with the famous Russian writer Nikandrov, who could not find himself in post-revolutionary Russia and went abroad. Released soon by the efforts of his comrades, Isayev continues the struggle for the fate of Nikandrov — for his return to his homeland.
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Indrek
Title: Indrek
Character: Cosmography Professor
Released: February 2, 1976
Type: Movie
Based on the second part of the pentalogy "Truth and Justice" by Anton H. Tammsaare.
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The Red Violin
Title: The Red Violin
Released: January 20, 1975
Type: Movie
When Estonian violinist Eduard Sõrmus starts his concert tours in Europe, he is convinced that the world revolution is about to begin. His mission as a Red Violinist is to call the proletariat around the world to join with the revolution. It is only two things - music and revolution - that Eduard has dedicated himself to. His audience is enchanted by his performance and ignited by his ideas. With this knowledge, he travels Europe between the two world wars, accompanied by his faithful friends, his audience's admiration and the hostility of the authorities.
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The Waterfowl People
Title: The Waterfowl People
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 19, 1972
Type: Movie
A documentary about the histoy and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric, and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari, and Karelian languages were filmed in their everyday settings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The footage was shot in Altai Krai, the Nenets Okrug, Khantia-Mansia, Uzbekistan, the Komi Republic, Mari el, Karelia, and Estonia. The first documentary in Lennart Meri's "Encyclopaedia Cinematographica Gentium Fenno - Ugricarum (1970 - 1997)" series.
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Blood Stone
Title: Blood Stone
Character: Schröder
Released: January 7, 1972
Type: Movie
A landlord chases his escaped serf but some town takes the refugee under its protection. That leads to a serious confrontation. Based on a true story.
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Windy Beach
Title: Windy Beach
Character: Saar
Released: January 3, 1971
Type: Movie
The coastal people of Kaugatoma set out to build their own ship to earn a living independent of the baron's will. The baron does everything to prevent the venture, but still "Kaugatoma" raises its white sails. Unfortunately, the power of money turns out to be decisive both in the organization of joint activities and in the relations of the strong-natured captain Tõnis Tihu with the community and his loved ones. He abandons Liisu, with whom he has a son, and marries a wealthy widow. As a captain, he has the power to look after the welfare of the sailors, but he thinks more about his own safety. However, the winds of 1905 are already blowing over the sea.
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Outlaws
Title: Outlaws
Character: Maur
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Based on Jaan Anvelt's novel "Outlaws" which deals with the struggle of the Estonian Communist Workers' Movement and the life of revolutionaries in the Republic of Estonia in the 1920s. The film represents the maturation and decay of human soul in tense situations. The dark intersections and the dense, abandoned areas create a tumultuous tension field in which the characters find themselves. Their choices and decisions overwhelm them in one way or another. Where is the way out?
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The New Devil of Hellsbottom
Title: The New Devil of Hellsbottom
Character: Young Ants
Released: June 15, 1964
Type: Movie
The way Saint Peter explains it to the Devil who's knocking on Heaven's door to collect his share of souls: there will be no more souls, as God has come to doubt if humans are really meant to achieve salvation. If they aren't then how can they be punished posthumous and sent to Hell? There's only one way to make sure if sinning is the human nature, or is it that they simply don't want to better themselves - Devil himself must go down to Earth, in human form, and if he can achieve salvation then so can a human being... Based on A. H. Tammsaare's classic novel of the same name.
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The Sun and the Rain
Title: The Sun and the Rain
Released: October 4, 1960
Type: Movie
Jaak is a young labourer always facing some kind of issues and it seems he always rides for a fall. At the construction work of a new thermal power station, Jaak meets young people from the Young Communist League who won't find faults with him and are ready to help him out.