Maria Avdyushko

Maria Avdyushko

Born: May 9, 1968
in Tallinn, USSR [now Estonia]
Maria Avdyushko (born May 9, 1968) is an Estonian actress, film producer, director and screenwriter.

Avdyushko is the daughter of Russian actor Viktor Avdyushko and Estonian actress Liina Orlova, who is of Russian and Estonian descent. She was born and raised in Tallinn. In 1990 she graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory's performing arts department.

From 1992 until 2014, she was an actress in Estonian Drama Theatre.

Movies for Maria Avdyushko...

The Invisible Fight
Title: The Invisible Fight
Character: Mother
Released: December 8, 2023
Type: Movie
After surviving a deadly attack, a guard on the Soviet-Chinese border decides to become a monk but must continually prove along the way that he's capable of becoming the enlightened man he set out to be.
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Dark Paradise
Title: Dark Paradise
Character: Doris
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: Movie
After 27-year-old Karmen's father dies, the security structures of her previous life start falling apart, as her relationship with her half-brother Viktor also deteriorates, and she faces the darkness and emptiness of the universe.
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On the Water
Title: On the Water
Character: Homeroom Teacher
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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The Salmons: 25 Years Later
Title: The Salmons: 25 Years Later
Character: Aige
Released: July 1, 2020
Type: Movie
A lot has happened in a quarter of a century, but the Salmons have remained who they were - Estonia's first family, who have been viewed with both admiration and quiet envy. Viewers of the former series remember how well the Salmon family was able to make money. Now they have secured an even more powerful position in the society, because Ella Salmon has become the President of Estonia.
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The Little Comrade
Title: The Little Comrade
Character: Makajeva
Released: March 23, 2018
Type: Movie
In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's mother is sent to a prison camp. Haunted by her mother's last words telling her to be a good kid, Leelo vows to be on her best behaviour in the confusing grown-up world in the hope that it will bring her mother back.
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A Bad Scene: Christmas Mystery
Title: A Bad Scene: Christmas Mystery
Character: Woman
Released: January 12, 2018
Type: Movie
"A Bad Scene" is a film compilation, which speaks about the darker currents hiding in human relationships, situations, which are practically inescapable, in five different ways. Harassment, mental violence, manipulation, cornering – these topics are current in both politics as well as private sphere. In these nightmarish confrontations, dramatics, mysticism as well as twisted comedy can be found. The short film “Christmas Mystery” by Andres Maimik and Katrin Maimik talks about student Jass, who makes extra money by playing Santa Claus. Behind one door, however, a lonely woman awaits him, who pulls him into weird role plays the polite youngster cannot say “no” to.
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The Fencer
Title: The Fencer
Character: Official in Leningrad
Released: March 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.
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Landscape with Many Moons
Title: Landscape with Many Moons
Character: Maria
Released: October 3, 2014
Type: Movie
“Landscape with Many Moons“ is a drama about a middle-aged man who lives a seemingly ordinary life with his wife and children. The truth is, however, that their relationship has reached a dead end but they prefer the illusory decorations of living together to the free fall into emptiness. The man gallivants around between his previous and current relationships without knowing exactly what to do with them. Living on the edge starts to overburden his nervous system and as a result, actual reality and dream-like reality blend together and it becomes ever harder to distinguish between what is real and what is not.
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The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter
Title: The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter
Character: Marija
Released: February 25, 2011
Type: Movie
A snapshot of one segment of Estonian present-day life, shown through the eyes of a child: 8 years old Lucia is leading a jolly and naughty Pippi-Longstocking-style life in a small town in Estonia. Her father Kaido, a graveyard keeper, can hardly provide for the family, her mother Maria is a drunk. Then the family receives an unexpected invitation to spend a week in Finland, in the house of the female pastor Sipra. This week will change everybody's life in unexpected ways...
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Golden Beach
Title: Golden Beach
Character: Kristel
Released: March 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Retroband Evergreen's reunion party is ruined when Viktor, who was once the band's frontman, threatens to blow the house up for revenge of his sad destiny.
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Mat the Cat
Title: Mat the Cat
Character: Diana
Released: February 24, 2005
Type: Movie
Martin a boy with adjustment difficulties, moves with his mother to a new place. Martin has a habit of always getting into all kinds of trouble, and on the last day of school, everything goes wrong. Martin likes the school principal's daughter Marta, but the girl is also liked by the most popular boy in the school, Kevin, who has a fancy scooter. In his last trouble, Nitram, a charming wizard cat, comes to Martin's aid, who brings new adventures.
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Touched by the Unknown
Title: Touched by the Unknown
Character: Piret
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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Set Point
Title: Set Point
Character: Evelin
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
On one summer evening, four strangers are brought together by a mysterious murder. A case which at first seems like a regular crime investigation turns out to be something more - a tale of love, alienation and new hope.
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American Mountains
Title: American Mountains
Released: May 19, 1994
Type: Movie
A former goldminer who has run afoul of the law is made an unusual offer by the mafia. The power of money and popularity among women won't let him step down from the rollercoaster in order to make the right decisions.
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Candles in the Dark
Title: Candles in the Dark
Released: December 3, 1993
Type: Movie
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.
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He Will Receive
Title: He Will Receive
Character: Joan
Released: August 1, 1992
Type: Movie
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Hotel E
Title: Hotel E
Character: Mary (voice)
Released: January 20, 1992
Type: Movie
A confrontation of two worlds-- Two rooms, one of which is full of light and colors, the other a monotonous gray.
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Peace Street
Title: Peace Street
Character: Lilka
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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For Crazies Only
Title: For Crazies Only
Released: February 18, 1991
Type: Movie
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.
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Супермент
Title: Супермент
Released: May 25, 1990
Type: Movie
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Midday
Title: Midday
Character: Kärt
Released: February 5, 1982
Type: Movie
The film based on Eno Raua's stories "Päris kriminnene lugu" and "Telepathic lugu" takes the viewer to a summer town in Estonia, where boys and girls meet with exciting adventures, dreams and falling in love. There are no real forensics and telepathy here, but it is about the disappearance and finding of a little boy. In addition to adventures, the main characters find something else - both in life and in themselves.