Oskar Liigand

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Oct 15, 1911 (113 years old)
Death date
Oct 04, 1995

Oskar Liigand

Known For

Living-Room
0h 10m
Movie 1993

Living-Room

Film about conflict between young and old generations. In this animated film with live actors the protagonist is a girl, who is brought up by her grandfather. He lives in a strictly regulated world where animate as well as inanimate creatures have fixed places, which are marked by chalk on the living-room floor. Anything surpassing those borders is mercilessly scarped out of the film strip. The young girl, in whom the primal forces of nature are awakening, learns from her grandfather’s fading sexuality. She starts to scrape the filmstrip as well, to change the world according to her own will. What will she draw instead of her past childhood?

Tear of the Prince of Darkness
1h 33m
Movie 1993

Tear of the Prince of Darkness

Tallinn, Estonia, days before outbreak of World War II. Hotel detective and Polish writer team up to find Tear of the Prince of Darkness, a legendary ring which can bring Satan’s rule over the world.

Regina
1h 42m
Movie 1990

Regina

Regina is a beautiful, educated and independent woman whose boyfriend tells her that he is going to marry a young girl expecting a baby. As Regina inherits a house in a little town, an opportunity arises to change her life.

Doctor Stockmann
2h 19m
Movie 1989

Doctor Stockmann

Toomas Stockmann, the head doctor of a water clinic built in a small town by the sea, discovers that the facility is threatened by an infection caused by construction errors in the waterworks. The powerful mayor Peter Stockmann, the doctor's brother, has used his position and connections for commercial and political gain and has ignored the doctor's warnings. The upper class of the town initially supports the doctor's decision to reveal the truth, but the mayor changes due to pressure and personal interests. Dr. Stockmann is labeled an enemy of the people. He must choose whether to stick to his ideas, at the risk of his family, or surrender to demagoguery.

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.

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