Jüri Garšnek

Jüri Garšnek

Birth : 1939-02-15,

Death : 1980-10-09

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Jüri Garšnek

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Pulmapilt
An old man saves the life of another. The rescued man happens to be an alien capable of time travel. Soon they both land in the past, on the old man's wedding day. As one might suspect from such a situation ethical dilemmas arise…
Pulmapilt
Director of Photography
An old man saves the life of another. The rescued man happens to be an alien capable of time travel. Soon they both land in the past, on the old man's wedding day. As one might suspect from such a situation ethical dilemmas arise…
The Woman is Heating the Sauna
Director of Photography
The story is about a woman, who has to heat up the company's sauna, because the bosses want to entertain a foreign visitor. The sauna is situated in a small village were her ex husband is from, and old aunt of his is still living there. So besides having to face the party her bosses are having she also has to face her past.
Soolo
Director of Photography
A mysterious short film about a raft watchman who meets a strange company by the river.
Summer
Cinematography
Characters familiar from Kevade are now in their 20s. In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agriculture. He wants to start reforming his father's farm, Ülesoo. At the same time, he's competing with Kiir to win the love of Teele. Teele has stated that she agrees to marry with a farmer only. So Kiir decides to go to Russia to learn agriculture too.
Landing
Director of Photography
Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Reinu, but the long separations have tortured her. It seems to her that the man cares more about his work than about her. Rein really loves his work, but his wife just as passionately. He does not understand how loneliness can overwhelm Reet, when women have always been waiting for men from far away. Their family friend Mart loves Reet and cannot see her suffer. It is in Marti's power to offer Reet a safe life, and the woman plagued by internal struggles makes a choice, but happiness seems to slip even further away.
Spring in the Forest
Director of Photography
Based on the novel “Ukuaru” by Veera Saar, a story about Minna, a young woman who has to make choices in the name of her true love, home, and the continuation of life.
The Lost Ones
Director of Photography
Two young nationalists from Soviet Estonia falls under the influence of popular radio DJ Rudolf Talgre, who during the war collaborated with the Nazis and was proud of it and now settled in Sweden. However, one of the friends begins to doubt the correctness of the “voice”, which leads to a quarrel between friends ... After going through betrayal and murder, students - Juhan and Linda - still manage to get into the coveted Sweden, where they actually learn the price of the words of their ideological mentor.
The Last Relic
Director of Photography
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.
Suvel
Director of Photography
The octet Laine and some gymnasts are on an outing to summery nature
The Midday Ferry
Director of Photography
The events take place in Estonia in a summer in the 1960s. The Boy and the Girl want to go from mainland Estonia to the island of Saaremaa, but they do not have any money to buy the ticket to the ferry. They manage to hide themselves into a lorry that carries hay. Because they are smoking while they are on the lorry, a fire breaks out. The problem is, that the ferry in the middle of the sea.
Letters from the Island of the Insane
Boatswain of the "Holy Herd"
Martin Puri is an elderly fisherman who is told to retire because of his old age. When a group of people has to be saved from a boat in an autumn storm, Martin understands that one cannot act against the sea but together with it.
Letters from the Island of the Insane
Director of Photography
Martin Puri is an elderly fisherman who is told to retire because of his old age. When a group of people has to be saved from a boat in an autumn storm, Martin understands that one cannot act against the sea but together with it.
We Were Eighteen
Director of Photography
It's 1940 - the first summer of the Soviet occupation on the Estonian island Saaremaa. Teenagers stepping in their lives have important decisions to make. Should they support the Soviet regime or join the resistance?
The Misadventures of the New Satan
Director of Photography
The way Saint Peter explains it to the Devil who's knocking on Heaven's door to collect his share of souls: there will be no more souls, as God has come to doubt if humans are really meant to achieve salvation. If they aren't then how can they be punished posthumous and sent to Hell? There's only one way to make sure if sinning is the human nature, or is it that they simply don't want to better themselves - Devil himself must go down to Earth, in human form, and if he can achieve salvation then so can a human being... Based on A. H. Tammsaare's classic novel of the same name.
Men from the Fisherman's Village
Camera Operator
After a stormy night on the sea, a group of Estonian fishermen end up in a small coastal Finnish town. As they await the Soviet authorities to take them back home, some of the fishermen contemplate leaving their former lives in a Soviet era Estonia behind.