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Villu Kangur

Born November 27, 1957 · Pärnu, Pärnu District, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Pärnu County, Estonia] (age 68)

Villu Kangur (born November 27, 1957 in Pärnu) is an Estonian actor, poet, translator and scenarist. 1982-1992 he worked at Estonian State Youth Theatre. 1993-2002 he was an editor at the newspaper Eesti Ekspress. He has written song texts, libretos and screenwritings for musicals, operas and films. In 2018 he was awarded with Order of the White Star, V class.

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The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

The Riddle of Jaan Niemand · 2018

The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

MovieThrillerFantasy

After ten years of war, plague and famine, the land is swept clean of people. The few remaining souls are scattered about, living in misery and lacking hope. An anxious silence hangs over the land. On one particularly starry night, two peasants find a stranger on the seashore.

Buratino, Son of Pinocchio

Buratino, Son of Pinocchio · 2009

Buratino, Son of Pinocchio

Imagine a mix of Repo Man, Oliver! and Pinocchio and you're on the road to grasping the tone of this bizarre Estonian take on Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's character Buratino, a wooden boy (or boyus woodenus, as the doctors in the film refer to him). Buratino's virginal mother wishes upon a star for a son and is immediately answered by what can only be called a rape-splinter. The woman gives birth almost immediately to her little wooden Buratino.

Revenge Office

Revenge Office · 2009

SeriesCrimeComedy

A group of women create an organization named "Kättemaksukontor" to fight for the rights of women and help solve murder mysteries for the police.

ENSV

A comedy-series depicting an Estonian family in 1980s that consists of a rebel-minded grandpa, two siblings, a mother, who is a member of the Soviet Socialist Party, and her lover, who is there, because the real husband is a captain on a foreign-going ship. Aand they have to share their apartment with a true communist and her son, who is an exemplary militiaman.

EnsV

The opening part of the new season of the comedy series "EnsV" begins in the last days of 1991, when the USSR disappears from the world map. Unexpected guests arrive at the desert home. Living is reminiscent of a collective farm. Money is mixed with the feet. New Year's Eve plans are held in Kukeke and Illar's fantasies know no bounds.

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The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

The Riddle of Jaan Niemand · 2018

The Riddle of Jaan Niemand

MovieThrillerFantasy

After ten years of war, plague and famine, the land is swept clean of people. The few remaining souls are scattered about, living in misery and lacking hope. An anxious silence hangs over the land. On one particularly starry night, two peasants find a stranger on the seashore.

Jakup

Buratino, Son of Pinocchio

Buratino, Son of Pinocchio · 2009

Buratino, Son of Pinocchio

Imagine a mix of Repo Man, Oliver! and Pinocchio and you're on the road to grasping the tone of this bizarre Estonian take on Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy's character Buratino, a wooden boy (or boyus woodenus, as the doctors in the film refer to him). Buratino's virginal mother wishes upon a star for a son and is immediately answered by what can only be called a rape-splinter. The woman gives birth almost immediately to her little wooden Buratino.

Lyricist

Revenge Office

Revenge Office · 2009

SeriesCrimeComedy

A group of women create an organization named "Kättemaksukontor" to fight for the rights of women and help solve murder mysteries for the police.

Ardo

ENSV

A comedy-series depicting an Estonian family in 1980s that consists of a rebel-minded grandpa, two siblings, a mother, who is a member of the Soviet Socialist Party, and her lover, who is there, because the real husband is a captain on a foreign-going ship. Aand they have to share their apartment with a true communist and her son, who is an exemplary militiaman.

Writer

EnsV

The opening part of the new season of the comedy series "EnsV" begins in the last days of 1991, when the USSR disappears from the world map. Unexpected guests arrive at the desert home. Living is reminiscent of a collective farm. Money is mixed with the feet. New Year's Eve plans are held in Kukeke and Illar's fantasies know no bounds.

Writer