Jaan Tätte

Jaan Tätte

Birth : 1964-03-24,

History

Jaan Tätte (born 24 March 1964 in Viljandi) is an Estonian playwright, poet, actor, and singer. From 1982 to 1984 Tätte studied biology at the University of Tartu. From 1985 to 1986 he attended a graduate program at the Tallinn Pedagogical Institute (now Tallinn University) and studied acting in the drama department of the Tallinn Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1990. Since 1990 he has been an ensemble member of the Tallinn City Theatre. Since 2003 he has worked as a playwright at the same theater. He has also been involved in films. Towards the end of the 1990s, he began to write plays that would make him well-known beyond the borders of Estonia. His first piece "Ristumine peateega" (Bungee Jumping) was a great success. In 2000 "Sild" (The Bridge), followed in 2001. In 2005, he wrote "Palju õnne argipäevaks!"(Fasten Seat Belts or Good Luck to Everyday Life) and "Meeletu". "Kaev" was premiered in June 2006 in Tallinn. Since 2004 he has also appeared as a singer with Marko Matvere; they have released two CDs together. He is married and has two children.

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Jaan Tätte

Movies

I Want Your Girl
Screenplay
A loving couple Laura and John get lost in the middle of nowhere during a thunderstorm, riding a scooter to a birthday party. Looking for a place to spend the night they end up in an eccentric man Raul's house. Raul offers John millions of dollars he claims to have to forget Laura and leave her forever.
Mindless
Novel
A rich businessman moves to countryside to give his life a meaning.
Set Point
Writer
On one summer evening, four strangers are brought together by a mysterious murder. A case which at first seems like a regular crime investigation turns out to be something more - a tale of love, alienation and new hope.
Names in Marble
Captain Oskar Eller
Based on an acclaimed 1935 novel about the War of Liberation (1918-1920) that ensured Estonia's independence, the film tells about a group of young schoolboys heading to the front to fight the army of Soviet Russia.
The Highway Crossing
Roland
Surprised by rain and sudden darkness Laura and Roland, a young couple hitch-hiking on an empty road, decide to seek shelter at a nearby country house. Osvald, the owner, seems to know the deeper meaning of their unexpected visit. His strange behaviour leads to an equally strange offer: Osvald wants to buy Roland's wife. Laura and Roland start to play along, only to discover that their host is not kidding.
The Highway Crossing
Screenplay
Surprised by rain and sudden darkness Laura and Roland, a young couple hitch-hiking on an empty road, decide to seek shelter at a nearby country house. Osvald, the owner, seems to know the deeper meaning of their unexpected visit. His strange behaviour leads to an equally strange offer: Osvald wants to buy Roland's wife. Laura and Roland start to play along, only to discover that their host is not kidding.
The Highway Crossing
Writer
Surprised by rain and sudden darkness Laura and Roland, a young couple hitch-hiking on an empty road, decide to seek shelter at a nearby country house. Osvald, the owner, seems to know the deeper meaning of their unexpected visit. His strange behaviour leads to an equally strange offer: Osvald wants to buy Roland's wife. Laura and Roland start to play along, only to discover that their host is not kidding.
The Shoe
Juhan
Every night, Soviet tractors comb the coast of Latvia looking for signs of anyone who could have infiltrated the Soviet border from the sea. One morning, three Soviet patrolmen discover a woman’s shoe in the sand and footsteps leading to the quaint little village of Liepaja.
American Mountains
A former goldminer who has run afoul of the law is made an unusual offer by the mafia. The power of money and popularity among women won't let him step down from the rollercoaster in order to make the right decisions.
The Firewater
Aleks
At the end of the 1920-s the Finnish government proclaimed dry law which lasted 12 years. Estonian bootleggers living on the neighboring coast of the Gulf of Finland profited from prohibition......
City Unplugged
Peeter
In August, 1991, Estonia reclaims its independence from the USSR and brings to its national bank nearly $1 billion in gold bullion hidden in Paris for 50 years. Russian mobsters have a bold plan to hijack the gold after shutting down the capital's power at midnight. For this they need Toivo, an electrical technician. His wife is pregnant and she urges him to take the job ("$5000 buys lots of baby food"). After Toivo leaves for the plant, his wife goes into labor. Birth and blackout happen simultaneously; the baby needs an incubator, but there's no power. Jealousies within the Mob undercut the plan's smooth operation, and soon the Mob has Toivo to deal with as well.
Prompter
Martin
For Crazies Only
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.