Kalju Orro

Kalju Orro

Born: March 27, 1952
in Tartu, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Kalju Orro (born March 27, 1952) is an Estonian stage, film and television actor, acting instructor, lecturer, theatre producer, and pedagogue.

Kalju Orro was born in Tartu, where he attended primary and secondary schools. He is a 1970 graduate of Tartu 17 Vocational School. Afterward, he enrolled in the Vanemuine Drama Studios in Tartu, graduating in 1971. In 1972, he enrolled in the Performing Arts Department of Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) under instruction of actor and theatre pedagogue Voldemar Panso, graduating in 1976. Among his graduating classmates were Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Urmas Kibuspuu, Lembit Peterson, Aare Laanemets, Jüri Krjukov, Anne Paluver, Külliki Tool, Priit Pedajas, Eero Spriit, and Peeter Volkonski.

Movies for Kalju Orro...

Wishes from the Well
Title: Wishes from the Well
Character: Man
Released: December 9, 2022
Type: Movie
The story of a man caught between the gears of life, who has to find the missing pennies to buy medicine before the pharmacy closes. When begging doesn't help, despair drives him to the bottom of the wishing well.
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On the Water
Title: On the Water
Character: Papa
Released: November 22, 2020
Type: Movie
Andres is a sensitive teenager raised by his strict grandparents in a small bland Soviet Estonian town. He is being bullied at school and his only friends are the drunkards, whores, and thieves living next door.
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Truth and Justice
Title: Truth and Justice
Character: Head Judge Leivo
Released: February 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber's Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams.
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Green Cats
Title: Green Cats
Character: Patient
Released: November 20, 2017
Type: Movie
This is a story of two old folks, who have spent most of their lives behind prison walls. Now, as seventy year old men, they have been granted amnesty. Both men have a passionate desire to change their lives according to certain plans.
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Justice
Title: Justice
Character: Constable
Released: May 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A stranger who wanders to a desolate farm is captured and accused of arson. If the man is guilty, it would be fitting to judge over his life right there. But what if the man is innocent?
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Mindless
Title: Mindless
Character: Uugu
Released: October 6, 2006
Type: Movie
A rich businessman moves to countryside to give his life a meaning.
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The Curse of the Werewolf
Title: The Curse of the Werewolf
Character: August Kitzberg
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Liina is a young actress at Vanemuise Theatre who gets Tiina's part in the new, postmodernist version of the play "Werewolf" by August Kitzberg. The theatre is haunted and the rehearsals seem to be cursed, artificial blood becomes real blood. The play won't be complete before the murder mystery is unsolved - and Liina is being taken back to the old theatre legends and intrigues of the past century.
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Touched by the Unknown
Title: Touched by the Unknown
Character: Hardi Tiidus
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Wikman's Boys
Character: Constable Tults
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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Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Title: Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Character: Volts
Released: December 18, 1992
Type: Movie
A warm movie about two boys, who discover a secret of a painting that was considered to be lost. The adventures begin, when a boss of a bunch of criminals finds out about the painting.
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Fish Day
Title: Fish Day
Character: Man
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: Movie
Human life in the absurd of the everyday
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Daisy Petal Game
Title: Daisy Petal Game
Character: Markar (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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How the King Wished to Go to the Moon
Title: How the King Wished to Go to the Moon
Character: Kilian
Released: November 8, 1976
Type: Movie
A story about a king, who one day decides he needs to get to the moon, no matter what it takes.
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Spring
Title: Spring
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 5, 1970
Type: Movie
Paunvere parish school students Arno and Teele, Toots and Kiir, Tõnisson and Imelik experience feelings during one school winter, the traces of which they carry throughout their future lives - from true friendship and first love to self-discovery and clarifying life goals.