Person
Kalju Komissarov
Acting · 1946–2017 · Võru, Võru County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Biography
Kalju Komissarov (March 8, 1946 Võru – March 6, 2017) was an Estonian actor, theatre and film director, and theatre pedagogue. In 1968 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory. 1968-1974 he worked as a film director at Tallinnfilm. 1974-1986 he was the principal stage manager at Noorsooteater, and 1986-1988 at Ugala Theatre. 1986-1995 he was the head of Estonian Music and Theatre Academy's Higher Theatre School (Estonian: Eesti Muusikaakadeemia Kõrgem Lavakunstikool). In 2006 he was awarded with Order of the White Star, III class. Komissarov was married to actress and former Tallinn State Conservatory classmate Helle-Reet Helenurm from 1967 until 1971.
Known for
Hit Back
1975
Men in Soldier's Overcoats
Ferdinand Loog
Marathon
Himself
Grisha
1996
The Midday Ferry
Man in Moskvich
An Unusual Story
Young investigator
Gladiator
(uncredited)
Supernova
1966
The Last Relic
Monk
Ask the Dead About the Price of Death
Investigator
Filmography
- 2010Father, Son and Holy Theatre
- 2006MindlessMayor
- 1997All My LeninsRussian Gendarmerie Chief
- 1996Grisha
- 1987Who? What? How? A Story About the Third All-Union Festival of Youth Plays
- 1986MarathonHimself
- 1981The Ideal LandscapeDistrict Committee Secretary
- 1977Ask the Dead About the Price of DeathInvestigator
- 1975Hit Back
- 1974An Unusual StoryYoung investigator
- 1973LandingCowardly Tugboat Captain (uncredited)
- 1972Forest CaptainDirector
- 1971Gladiator(uncredited)
- 1971The Lost OnesEnn Alling
- 1970The Last RelicMonk
- 1968Crucified Island
- 1968Men in Soldier's OvercoatsFerdinand Loog
- 1967The Midday FerryMan in Moskvich
- 1967Black Beard Wants to KnowFirst Assistant Director
- 1966Supernova
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