Lembit Ulfsak
Acting
Biography
Lembit Ulfsak (July 4, 1947 in Koeru – March 22, 2017) was an Estonian actor and director. Ulfsak spent his childhood in Räpina, where he also finished the 8th grade. In 1966, he graduated from Tallinn 7th Secondary School. From 1966 to 1970, he studied at the Tallinn State Conservatory's Department of Performing Arts (4th class). Ulfsak worked mainly at the Estonian SSR State Youth Theatre and Drama Theatre, as well as at Tallinnfilm. In addition to his theatre work, he acted in many films, the most internationally known of which are the leading roles in the films "The Legend of Till" (1976) and the Georgian-Estonian collaboration film "Tangerines" (2013), which was among the five best foreign language films in 2014 before the Oscar and Golden Globe awards. From 1972 to 1973, he sang in the Band Amor Trio. On June 1, 2019, a memorial bench installed in Ulfsak's honor was unveiled near his coastal home on the western shore of the Kakumäe Peninsula.
Born: July 4, 1947
Place of Birth: Koeru, Järva County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Known For
What Are Our Years!
Two cronies Tash and Nazar work as drivers on long-haul flights. They are young, and it seems to them that they have a whole life ahead of them, full of achievements and successes. But very soon each of them realizes that luck does not always make a person happy.
Boomerang
Black public figure Jim Taylor is pursued by the police. He dies from a bullet in the head. In a private clinic, he is transplanted with the brain of Sheriff Maclain, who died in a car accident. While remaining black, he begins to think like a racist Maclain.
Lotte from Gadgetville
Somewhere in Europe by a great sea stands a small village, where inventing all manner of domestic gadgets is held in great esteem. Every year the villagers organize an annual competition of new inventions. One of the best inventors in the village is Oskar, Lotte's father. His primary rival is Adalbert, whose wife also partakes in the competition. On the eve of the next competition, Lotte and her friend Bruno find a book soaked in the sea, from which Susumu, a gardener from distant Japan, climbs out. Susumu teaches the villagers some judo throws before a big judo competition, which the latter will eagerly use to facilitate their daily lives.
Far from Sunset Boulevard
The thirties, the heyday of Soviet film production. The story of the famed couple's glory — a filmmaker and actress, behind the external well-being of which were hidden strange contradictory relationships and a sense of fear that they carried through their whole lives. The prologue to this story is the 85th anniversary of Lidiya Polyakova, the formerly brightest star in Soviet cinema, who played the main role in all the films of her own husband, director Konstantin Dalmatov. Now in the courtyard there are other times, Dalmatov’s movies are called ideological agitation, and the director himself and his wife are hiding from the world in the country, trying not to let anyone in.
White curse
The holiday season in the mountains is in full swing. The message of the head of the avalanche station that an avalanche could soon descend is not taken seriously: neither by vacationers, nor by the director of the camp site. Reckoning for recklessness comes very soon: an avalanche goes directly to the hotel. Only the experience and courage of rescuers helps to avoid great casualties.
Love Is a Deadly Game
Ihor is a famous photographer whose works are published in a number of magazines and presented at international exhibitions. In the cycle of affairs and trips, he meets a girl. The image of Lera, her beauty and mystery awaken in him both romantic feelings and the creative interest of the photo artist - they inspire him to create a series of beautiful photographs of his beloved. A fast-paced novel brings confusion into the hero's life and puts him in front of a choice: a new unexpected relationship or a proposed multi-month business trip to America, which causes envy among colleagues. Somehow, while completing the documents, Igor accidentally notices on the bulletin board a photo robot of a dangerous criminal who resembles Lera. Getting confused in comparisons, facts and doubts, he tries to find the truth. The struggle between love and the realization of the bitter truth ends tragically.
Murder on the 31st Floor
Police officer Jensen orders the evacuation of a leading media group's office building after a bomb threat is made. There won't be any explosion, however, the media group sustains big losses because of the work stoppage and the management requires investigation of the case. Officer Jensen identifies six suspects, then finds out that he is being followed himself, especially when he gets involved in the obscure activities of the mysterious 31st department.
In Search of Captain Grant
Lord and Lady Glenarvan found a bottle in the ocean. This bottle contained a letter from Captain Grant that he and two of his sailors had survived a disaster at sea and need help. Unfortunately, the letter was damaged by water, and the latitude is known (37 degrees), but not the longitude. The Glenarvans decide to find Captain Grant.
Tangerines
War in Abkhazia, 1992. An Estonian man Ivo has stayed behind to harvest his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict at his door, a wounded man is left behind, and Ivo is forced to take him in.
Смерть под парусом
Filmography
as Novikov
as Teppe
as Jaan's Grandfather
as Herman Krookus
as Ivo
as Professor
as Fred the Dog / Lotte's Father Oskar (voice)
as Doctor
as Tibla
as Артур Неуманн, нач. политич. полиции в Эстонии
as Various
as Rass' Father
as Self
as (voice)
as Lembit Ulfsak
as Oskar (voice)
as The Sheriff
as operator Berg
as Rein
as Ruudi
as Brain
as Narrator / Santa Claus / Goga (voice)
as Simon
as Adolf
as Additional Voices (voice)
as Isa
as Tul
as Gospodin Omeltchenko
as Uno Valg
as Ilmar Vint
as Harri's Father
as Jaan
as Joseph Erten
as Edgar
as Roman
as Igor - fotograf
as The Husband
as Andres
as Феликс Александрович Снегирёв, писатель
as Tiit
as Toomas Stockmann
as Kramvolt
as Nikolajs
as Vents
as Hubert Raud
as Mr. Darling
as Jacques Paganel
as Жак Паганель
as German
as Hans Christian Andersen
as Мистер Эй
as Gerald Wright
as Mr. A
as Helmsman
as Rouge Guy
as Toomas Andla
as Jensen - inspector
as Nick Adams
as Lembit
as Эрик Берлинг
as Emergency Doctor
as Boy / Hans-Eerik (segment "Promenade")
as Son-in-Law
as Bruno (voice) (uncredited)
as William Garnet
as Till Eulenspiegel
as Narrator
as Aksel
as Florestino
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Jaan
as Tuisu Taavi
as Sander
as Müller