Elmo Nüganen

Elmo Nüganen

Elmo Nüganen (born February 15, 1962 in Jõhvi) is an Estonian theatre director, film director, and actor. He has been the artistic director of the Tallinn City Theatre since 1992. He was a graduate of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1988 and then a professor at the academy in 1998–2002 and 2008–2012. He directed the war films Names in Marble from 2002 and 1944 from 2015. Names in Marble was seen by more than 168,000 people in Estonia and was selected for the 2003 Taormina Film Fest, while 1944 had the highest opening-week audience numbers in Estonian film history and became the country's submission for the Academy Awards. Nüganen has received multiple awards for his work in theatre, including the Estonian Annual Theatre Award for Best Director in 1992, 1995, 2000, 2007, and 2010, and the Estonian National Cultural Award in 1996, 1999, and 2009.

  • Title: Elmo Nüganen
  • Popularity: 0.788
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1962-02-15
  • Place of Birth: Jõhvi, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
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Elmo Nüganen Movies

  • 2012
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    Mushrooming

    Mushrooming

    5.8 2012 HD

    Politician Aadu Kägu goes to the mushroom forest with his wife Viivi to rest his nerves from the reputation campaign. They are joined by a...

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  • 2002
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    Names in Marble

    Names in Marble

    5.9 2002 HD

    Despite peaceful speeches, the army of the Soviet Russian is attacking Estonia, and the country's government is declaring a mobilization for all....

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  • 1994
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    Love for Three Oranges

    Love for Three Oranges

    7.8 1994 HD

    "Love for Three Oranges" is the first play by Carlo Gozzi (December 13, 1720 - April 4, 1806). He wrote it in 1761. The play is based on a parody of...

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  • 2013
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    Tangerines

    Tangerines

    7.7 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 2012
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    Purge

    Purge

    6.8 2012 HD

    Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in...

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  • 2014
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    August välja

    August välja

    6.5 2014 HD

    A short film about an old actress Leida Rammo who tries to complete an unfinished theatre house project.

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  • 2012
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    Demons

    Demons

    8 2012 HD

    When Joko, Ants and Reeda, all in their own good reasons, first enter a casino, they can't possibly be aware of the very existence of the demons...

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  • 2022
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    Conversation

    Conversation

    1 2022 HD

    The Old Woman lives in a deep Estonian forest, alone and isolated. Her parents came here to settle to raise and educate their children in the right...

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  • 1993
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    Marraskuun harmaa valo

    Marraskuun harmaa valo

    5.7 1993 HD

    Kari Syysmäki, a Finnish Businessman is on a vacation with his wife in Tallinn. When his wife is away a young man enters their hotel room with a...

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  • 2018
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    Portugal

    Portugal

    1 2018 HD

    Karina and Martin are in a pleasent relation where everyday life flows in an effortlessly accustomed way and no small misbehaviours can shake...

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  • 2020
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    Dawn of War

    Dawn of War

    6.3 2020 HD

    A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.

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  • 1990
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    Sunday Only

    Sunday Only

    1 1990 HD

    50s quiet Estonian town. After a long separation, two brothers met in their parents' house. The younger one, Ilmar, a formerly capable artist, has...

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  • 1993
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    Prompter

    Prompter

    3.5 1993 HD

    The last film directed by Kaljo Kiisk has been dedicated to theatre and the people in theatre. You are entering the hectic world of musicians, zanies...

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  • 1991
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    For Crazies Only

    For Crazies Only

    4 1991 HD

    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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  • 2010
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    Father, Son and Holy Theatre

    Father, Son and Holy Theatre

    1 2010 HD

    Alar Sudak alias Elaan is the don Quijote of Estonian theatre - predestined to eternal loneliness. Sudak's dream to become an officially acknowledged...

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  • 2002
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    Names in Marble

    Names in Marble

    5.9 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    Names in Marble

    Names in Marble

    5.9 2002 HD

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  • 2006
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    Mindless

    Mindless

    4.9 2006 HD

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  • 2006
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    Mindless

    Mindless

    4.9 2006 HD

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  • 2022
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    Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost

    Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost

    6.8 2022 HD

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  • 2023
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    Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter

    Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter

    5.8 2023 HD

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  • 1994
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    Love for Three Oranges

    Love for Three Oranges

    7.8 1994 HD

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  • 2015
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    1944

    1944

    6.9 2015 HD

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  • 2022
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    Melchior the Apothecary

    Melchior the Apothecary

    7.1 2022 HD

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  • 2002
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    Burattino

    Burattino

    1 2002 HD

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  • 1994
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    Love for Three Oranges

    Love for Three Oranges

    7.8 1994 HD

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  • 2023
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    Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter

    Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter

    5.8 2023 HD

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  • 2022
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    Melchior the Apothecary

    Melchior the Apothecary

    7.1 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost

    Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost

    6.8 2022 HD

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  • 2017
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    Lotte's Stories

    Lotte's Stories

    1 2017 HD

    Lotte together with her friends Bruno and Albert, ventures and solves exciting detective puzzles.

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