Oskar Liigand
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: October 15, 1911
Place of Birth: St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Known For
Men from the Fisherman's Village
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.
Lamb in the Down Right Corner
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.
We Were Eighteen
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?
Ice Run
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.
Madness
Before the end of the Second World War, a special commando marches into a mental hospital located in a beautiful manor house to eliminate the patients. But the Gestapo has received an anonymous letter saying that an enemy agent is hiding among the madmen. Officer Windisch is tasked with finding a simulant among several hundred mental patients in a matter of days.
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
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.
Gladiator
Joonas and Tiidrik are two men from the island of Saaremaa who recklessly escape from the German prison during the First World War. Yet, there are no peaceful times in their home country neither.
The Adventurer
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.
The Midday Ferry
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 is in the middle of the sea.
Spring in the Forest
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.
Filmography
as Servant Paavo
as Man at Empties Redemption (uncredited)
as Servant
as Villu's Father
as Club Member
as Prison Officer (uncredited)
as Aksel's Father
as Juugu
as Petrol Truck Driver
as Neighbour
as Rink
as Oskar
as Madis
as Ervin