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Ants Eskola: To Be or Not To Be

Ants Eskola: To Be or Not To Be

Ants Eskola: Olla või mitte olla, Estonia, 2008, 96 min, Beta SP, DVD, Archive, Arts and Culture, Portrait
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The story of prince Hamlet touched the deepest and most painful spots in the soul of the actor Ants Eskola. Why? Why was that story so important to him? To him Hamlet's monologue "To be or not to be" did not simply express the will to die or the concept of suicide, rather than the fact that other people are those who force you to ask yourself - are you capable to fulfill your dreams in life. His best years passed in the concentration camps in Gulag. When he returned to Estonia, freedom had been replaced with foreign dictatorship. A country of ones own with an "oblast". Life as a public enemy began, a fight for survival in a totalitarian system. Materials from archives of Estonia as well as from Finland have been used in the making of this film.
Director:
Kristjan Paul Esperk-Virve
Producer:
Kristjan Paul Esperk-Virve
Director of photography:
Igor Ruus
Screenplay:
Kristjan Paul Esperk-Virve
Editor:
Andreas Lenk
Sound:
Ardo Ran Varres
Languages:
Estonian
Subtitles:
English
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10117 Tallinn, Estonia
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+3726601148
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http://www.kaos.ee/
Email:
kristjan@kaos.ee
11th Thessaloniki Film Festival's Market 2009, Greece
Estonian Cultural Days in New York 2009, USA
11th Estonian Film Days in Tallinn 2009, Estonia

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