Oskar Liigand

Oskar Liigand

Born: October 15, 1911
Died: October 4, 1995
Oskar Liigand (October 15, 1911, St. Petersburg - October 4, 1995, Tallinn) was an Estonian actor.

He graduated from Paul Sepa's private theater studio in Tallinn in 1937. In the years 1936–1944, he was an actor in the Estonian Drama Theater, in 1944–1950 in the Vanemuine Theater and in 1950–1952 in the Ugala Theater. In the years 1952–1986, he was an actor of the National Puppet Theater of the Estonian SSR.

He has played in many Estonian films, including "Ühe küla mehed", "Jääminek", "Jäljed", "Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan","Me olime 18-aastased", "Keskpäevane praam", "Valge laev", "Tuuline rand", "Ukuaru", "Surma hinda küsi surnutelt", "Kõrboja peremees", "Nipernaadi", "Mardipäev", "Lammas all paremas nurgas", "Saatana pisar" ja "Elutuba".

Movies for Oskar Liigand...

Living-Room
Title: Living-Room
Released: July 26, 1993
Type: Movie
Film about conflict between young and old generations. In this animated film with live actors the protagonist is a girl, who is brought up by her grandfather. He lives in a strictly regulated world where animate as well as inanimate creatures have fixed places, which are marked by chalk on the living-room floor. Anything surpassing those borders is mercilessly scarped out of the film strip. The young girl, in whom the primal forces of nature are awakening, learns from her grandfather’s fading sexuality. She starts to scrape the filmstrip as well, to change the world according to her own will. What will she draw instead of her past childhood?
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Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Title: Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Character: Servant Paavo
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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Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Title: Lamb in the Down Right Corner
Character: Man at Empties Redemption (uncredited)
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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Regina
Title: Regina
Released: June 2, 1990
Type: Movie
Regina is a beautiful, educated and independent woman whose boyfriend tells her that he is going to marry a young girl expecting a baby. As Regina inherits a house in a little town, an opportunity arises to change her life.
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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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Комический любовник, или Любовные затеи сэра Джона Фальстафа
Title: Комический любовник, или Любовные затеи сэра Джона Фальстафа
Character: гробовщик
Released: June 14, 1984
Type: Movie
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The Adventurer
Title: The Adventurer
Character: Servant
Released: May 14, 1983
Type: Movie
Toomas Nipernaadi is seen roaming the rural landscape, going from village to village looking for the woman of his dreams. He wears a bedraggled white suit but generously pays for any lodging he needs or in one case, even buys a farm. Nipernaadi has a way with words and enchants those he meets with his wild stories about himself. Women find him appealing and the men are entertained as he moves from one locale to the next.
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The Master of Kõrboja
Title: The Master of Kõrboja
Character: Villu's Father
Released: November 18, 1980
Type: Movie
A farmer, recently released from prison, throws all his energy into improving his property so he can marry his beloved. But he's crippled in an accident and, anguished at the thought that he will no longer be man enough for her, decides to kill himself.
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My Wife Became a Grandmother
Title: My Wife Became a Grandmother
Character: Club Member
Released: July 25, 1977
Type: Movie
A middle-aged literature teacher who devotes his free time to poetry is used to being the center of admiration for his family, especially his wife. One day, however, a grandchild arrives at the house, who immediately grabs the full attention of all those around him. The fresh grandfather turns out to be excluded and decides to leave the house, confident that it will restore him to his former position. This is followed by a day full of surprising encounters.
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Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
Title: Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
Character: Prison Officer
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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Spring in the Forest
Title: Spring in the Forest
Character: Aksel's Father
Released: February 11, 1974
Type: Movie
Based on the novel “Ukuaru” by Veera Saar, a story about Minna, a young woman who has to make choices in the name of her true love, home, and the continuation of life.
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Windy Beach
Title: Windy Beach
Character: Juugu
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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Madness
Title: Madness
Released: February 9, 1969
Type: Movie
The action takes place in a nameless country occupied by the German army at the time of World War II. In a small village there's an asylum. A squad of German soldiers arrives to take the insane people to a "walk in the forest". Just before they are ready to go to forest to kill the insane people, a Gestapo officer arrives and from his conversation with the doctor we can find out that there's an enemy agent hiding himself in the asylum. Officer Windisch must find the agent from 583 people and on his searches he is slowly starting to feel himself crazy too.
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The Midday Ferry
Title: The Midday Ferry
Character: Petrol Truck Driver
Released: May 29, 1967
Type: Movie
The events take place in Estonia in a summer in the 1960s. The Boy and the Girl want to go from mainland Estonia to the island of Saaremaa, but they do not have any money to buy the ticket to the ferry. They manage to hide themselves into a lorry that carries hay. Because they are smoking while they are on the lorry, a fire breaks out. The problem is, that the ferry in the middle of the sea.
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We Were Eighteen
Title: We Were Eighteen
Character: Rink
Released: July 19, 1965
Type: Movie
It's 1940 - the first summer of the Soviet occupation on the Estonian island Saaremaa. Teenagers stepping in their lives have important decisions to make. Should they support the Soviet regime or join the resistance?
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The New Devil of Hellsbottom
Title: The New Devil of Hellsbottom
Character: Neighbour
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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Traces
Title: Traces
Character: Oskar
Released: January 13, 1964
Type: Movie
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Ice Run
Title: Ice Run
Character: Madis
Released: July 16, 1962
Type: Movie
Two proud fisherman families live on a very small island in Estonia. The two fishermen have always bore a grudge against each other. Their stubbornness and disobedience to German occupiers leads to dramatic events where staying alive is worse than death. Since it is impossible to escape public contempt, they have to decide how to redeem themselves.
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Men from the Fisherman's Village
Title: Men from the Fisherman's Village
Character: Ervin
Released: February 16, 1962
Type: Movie
After a stormy night on the sea, a group of Estonian fishermen end up in a small coastal Finnish town. As they await the Soviet authorities to take them back home, some of the fishermen contemplate leaving their former lives in a Soviet era Estonia behind.