Eino Baskin

Eino Baskin

Birth : 1929-06-17, Tallinn, Estonia

Death : 2015-03-11

History

Eino Baskin (17 June 1929 – 11 March 2015) was an Estonian actor and theatre director. Baskin was born in Tallinn to Jewish parents Hirsch and Maria Baskin. In 1951 he graduated from Estonian State Theater Institute before becoming engaged at the Estonian Drama Theatre. In 1980 he established Vanalinnastuudio and for a long time he was its director. When Vanalinnastuudio was closed, he established Old Baskin's Theater. In 1954, he married actress Ita Ever. Their son was actor and director Roman Baskin. The couple later divorced. He married his second wife, Galina Dõrdina 1961, with whom he had a daughter who died in infancy. The couple remained married for 38 years, until Dõrdina's death in 1999. In 2000, he married Veera Toll. The couple remained married until Baskin's death in Tallinn in 2015. Baskin also had a daughter, actress Katrin Pärn, from a relationship with actress, theologian and politician Malle Pärn in 1977.

Profile

Eino Baskin

Movies

Visit of an Old Lady
Visit of an Old Lady
Claire's Husband Moby
As a young woman, Claire left her hometown in disgrace. Now she is old and unimaginably rich, as for the first time she returns. The town is nearly bankrupt and in urgent need of money. Everybody hopes Clara will come to the rescue. And she will. However, there is a condition: somebody must kill the man who was her lover all those years ago.
Grisha
Grisha
An up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through the lens of old friends and colleagues.
Doubles
Doubles
Newspaper's Editor-in-chief
A musical comedy about singer Toomas Aringus and rally driver Mati Uibo, whom journalist Tiina Salum considers to be one and the same person due to their external resemblance.
The Triangle
The Triangle
Eduard (voice) (uncredited)
A surreal view of marriage that actually grows funnier as it progresses through its fourteen minutes towards a conclusion that is not unexpected.
31. osakonna hukk
31. osakonna hukk
Рафаэл Кранк
Meeting by Chance
Meeting by Chance
Richard
Rein is a successful singer but he and his group have a reason to worry – because of their worn-out repertoire their popularity is in danger. Philharmonic is already searching for new talents. When Rein hears a wonderful soprano voice from the concert hall, he will offer a remarkable young lady - whom he considers to be the owner of the voice - the opportunity to perform. Rein has no idea that actually the voice belongs to another girl whom he has once met in a quite extraordinary situation and who has introduced Rein's new song to the whole town.
In the Backyard
In the Backyard
Belski
The story of the distressed residents living in poor slums during the economic crisis of the first Estonian Republic in early 1930s. It is the life in the backyard both literally and symbolically. Based on the story "In the Backyard" by Oskar Luts and the drama play directed by Andres Särev.