Heiki Ernits

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Heiki Ernits

Born March 24, 1953 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] (age 73)

Heiki Ernits (born March 24, 1953) is an Estonian animator, illustrator, and film director. He graduated from the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute as a teacher of arts and crafts. He has created 19 animated films and illustrated over 30 children's books. He has received 6 Nukits Awards.

Known For

HellHell · 1983
Hell
★ 5.51983
MovieAnimationFantasy
Rein Raamat’s Hell adapts the engravings of Estonian graphic artist Eduard Wiiralt into a surreal, grotesque, and heavily sexual animated short. Wiiralt’s three source works, “The Preacher,” “Cabaret,” and “Hell,” date back to the early 1930s and portray a cacophony of bacchanalia, hysteria, and violence in the final years of Estonian independence amid the unrest of the Great Depression and European instability.
Tõll the GiantTõll the Giant · 1980
Tõll the Giant
★ 6.81980
MovieAnimationFantasy
An Estonian folk tale about Tõll, the giant hero who lived on the Baltic Sea island of Saaremaa.
Lotte and the Lost DragonsLotte and the Lost Dragons · 2019
Lotte and the Lost Dragons
★ 7.22019
MovieAnimationFamily
Lotte gets a little sister named Roosi. Two scientists Karl and Viktor come to Gadgetville, they are taking part in a big folk song collecting competition. Whoever succeeds in recording the folk song of the world’s oldest animal species, wins the competition’s grand prize. Lotte and Roosi decide to help the scientists. Exciting and unexpected adventures await the sisters.
Legends of TallinnLegends of Tallinn · 1995
Legends of Tallinn
★ 8.01995
MovieAnimation
Tallinn is known for its medieval old town. However, not only the old houses and streets have been preserved, we have also come down to ancient legends related to these places. The film is about the Oleviste Church and the mysterious craftsman who built one of the world's tallest towers for this church at one time.
Lotte and the Moonstone SecretLotte and the Moonstone Secret · 2011
Lotte and the Moonstone Secret
★ 6.52011
MovieAnimationFamily
Plucky young Lotte embarks on an adventure with her uncle Klaus to solve the mystery of three stones that a pair of hooded figures are attempting to retrieve.
Jaagup and the DeathJaagup and the Death · 1994
Jaagup and the Death
★ 10.01994
MovieAnimation
Death came to the main character's house with a scythe. And it hinted that the time of his life had already expired. But Jaagup wasn't going to die. He ordered his wife to pour wine for the guest. Then he played cheerful music on the harp, to which the guest danced with the host's wife. And death also made time for Yaagupu's life.…
Lotte from GadgetvilleLotte from Gadgetville · 2006
Lotte from Gadgetville
★ 8.82006
MovieAdventureAnimation
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.
DepartureDeparture · 1991
Departure
★ 6.01991
MovieAnimationDrama
Young man is going somewhere by train with his love interest. While searching for water to drink tea, he encounters different periods of Estonian and Soviet history in each railroad car, though he loses everything he has at the moment.

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