Peeter Volkonski

Peeter Volkonski

Рождение : 1954-09-12,

История

Prince Peeter Volkonski (born 12 September 1954 in Tallinn) is an Estonian rock-musician, composer, actor, and theatre director. He became famous with the punk band Propeller, founded in 1978. In 2015 Volkonski was Free Party's candidate in the Tartu constituency for Estonian parliamentary election.[1] He received 916 votes, which was not enough for a seat in the parliament. Peeter Volkonski's paternal ancestry comes from the Russian noble Volkonsky family; his father was the Russian composer and harpsichordist Prince Andrei Volkonsky. His paternal grandfather was the noted Russian opera baritone Prince Mikhail Volkonsky and his great-great-great-grandfather was Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky, thus, being a descendant of the princely Rurikid dynasty. His maternal ancestry is Estonian; his mother is the Estonian translator and writer Helvi Jürisson, who is a noted poet and author of children's literature.

Профиль

Peeter Volkonski
Peeter Volkonski

Фильмы

Uibu Farm
Mart is dragged by his father to meet his grandfather for the first time since he was a little boy. When the three generations meet, Mart witnesses his father change in front of the larger-than-life personality of his grandfather. Are some relationships better left cold, dead, distant?
Self Made Cameraman
Doctor
An adventurous tragedy about Estonia's first film maker Johannes Pääsuke and his aspirations to travel around with a film camera and find happiness. Together with a good friend, Volter, Pääsuke will spend an incredible week in Setumaa.
The Riddle of Jaan Niemand
Hinrik
After ten years of war, plague and famine, the land is swept clean of people. The few remaining souls are scattered about, living in misery and lacking hope. An anxious silence hangs over the land. On one particularly starry night, two peasants find a stranger on the seashore.
Manslayer/Virgin/Shadow
Priest (Manslayer)
The film consists of three chapters. The Manslayer takes place more than a hundred years ago. The leading character Maara is a young bride who is about to start her life in her new family. The Virgin, set in the spring of 1949, tells the story of a young woman called Elina, who has been deported from Ingria into Estonia during the previous war. The Shadow moves in the present, on the border of real life and fantasy. The main character, Luna Lee, has decided to flee from home. Is there anything besides emptiness somewhere? The film is led by the singularity of the leading character - Maara, Elina and Luna Lee are all played by the same actress.
Тайное общество Супилинна
Librarian
В очередные летние каникулы четверо детей — Мари, Саду, Олав и Антон — решили организовать команду. Чтобы дети не болтались без дела по городу, дедушка Мари придумал для них интересную игру. Они должны разыскивать в определенных местах предметы, которые он указывал на карте. Но в эту игру вмешалось одно обстоятельство. Кто-то в городе стал распространять странное вещество, от которого взрослые своим поведением стали напоминать детей. Теперь эта четверка должна остановить злодея и найти противоядие, чтобы спасти своих родственников и знакомых.
Free Range
Fred's Father
After being fired from his job at a newspaper for writing a destructive review of a celebrated movie, Fred, an aspiring writer, learns that his girlfriend is pregnant.
Lisa Limone and Maroc Orange, a Rapid Love Story
Lisa's Father (voice)
This 3D animated opera deals in a socially critical manner with the topic of illegal immigrants fleeing from Africa to Europe and it is also a story of impossible love between orange boy Maroc, a singing boat refugee, and lemon girl Lisa, who collects singing seashells and dreams about love. Maroc is the brave hero-type, bound by prejudice and poverty. Lisa is the daughter of a rich businessman and tomato ketchup plantation owner. Here we have the fruitier version of Romeo and Juliet - a 3D animated operatic extravaganza!
Living Images
Dr Karpinski
The main character, Helmi, is born into the house of Baron von Strandmann in Old-Town Tallinn, in 1908. The only thing that she knows for sure about her past is that her mother was an Estonian servant girl. Everything else is a discovery during a life that runs the course of a century - a life that has quite a lot of surprises in store for Helmi. In this house she finds happiness and suffering, passion and disappointment. She grows up alongside young Erik and waits for her big love to blossom. But one floor down lives projectionist Julius - a man who is far from indifferent when it comes to Helmi. All of the biggest historical events of the century leave their mark on the house. Its hardwood floors have born soldiers' gruff boots and gentleman's shiny oxfords. Its walls have held the fates of people from far and near, foreigners and locals. Helmi's home becomes a German salon, a revolution museum, and a working class commune. And as freedom comes, real estate crooks start sniffing ...
Крысоловка
Fence Builder
Это психологическая драма, которая происходит в современном Таллинне. Главные герои - современные люди, которые встречаются на странном предвыборном приеме, организованном общественным деятелем. В конце вечеринки они обнаруживают, что произошло нечто страшное, что изменит их жизнь и их близких. Невообразимая сумма денег теряется. Последующие события приводят к ситуации, описанной режиссером Пуустусмаа: «В катарсисе зритель отождествляет себя с церемонией пейота американских аборигенов - внутреннее я видимо только для себя». Жизни четырех главных героев, которые на первый взгляд кажутся ничем не объединенными, пересекаются и рисуют сводный портрет современного европейского человека.
The Coachman Knocks Three Times
Vürst
The film tells the story of a single mother having trouble coping with everyday life. However, she finds in magic and fantasy a way to escape her reality until the enigmatic appearance of a man in her life. He will change her forever, to the point of making the decisions she has always feared. She will suddenly and conclusively have to answer her own question: what do I want? She will be given a chance to correct the mistakes in her life; will she cherish this opportunity or let it slip away?
Искушение святого Тыну
Fence Builder
В поисках ответов на риторические вопросы Тони блуждает по жизни. Кто хороший человек, а кто плохой? Что такое мораль и этика?
Taarka
Priest Raag
The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest heroine of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimney-less hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka - a despised woman and a worshiped singer.
Красный жемчуг любви
Мария молода и красива. Ее жизнь похожа на сказку, в которой желания сбываются по мановению волшебной палочки. У нее умный, любящий муж. И все, что можно купить за деньги. Мария очень хочет ребенка, но не может его родить. Она живет, но не чувствует жизни. Она очень несчастна. В порыве отчаяния Мария идет к шаману, чтобы хоть что-то сделать со своей тоской, и он гадает ей на камнях. «Ты выбрала Красный Жемчуг Любви. Кто обладает им — любит», говорит Шаман, оценив выбор Марии. На следующий день Мария встречает Григория — гонщика, каскадера и ловеласа. И влюбляется в него с первого взгляда. … Они рассекали по городу и окрестностям на его мотоцикле, они потеряли голову, они занимались любовью повсюду. Напоенный нежностью город обнимал их и защищал от посторонних взглядов. Красный Жемчуг Любви — самый настоящий талисман, даже если его подарил несуществующий шаман.
Closing Session
(voice)
One night there gather weird figures to the Karahundzhi Palteau. They are the figures of God created by Man in different times and cultures - puppets. At the same time in some technical center they are printing out all letter combinations in all known languages. According to Tibetan monks this act - writing down all the names of God - will bring along the end of the universe. The Creator has decided to introduce the gods to each other before the great end.
Closing Session
Writer
One night there gather weird figures to the Karahundzhi Palteau. They are the figures of God created by Man in different times and cultures - puppets. At the same time in some technical center they are printing out all letter combinations in all known languages. According to Tibetan monks this act - writing down all the names of God - will bring along the end of the universe. The Creator has decided to introduce the gods to each other before the great end.
186 Kilometers
Director Volk
The well-known but out-of-luck actor Jan Uuspõld sets out to hitchhike from Tallinn through Estonia to Tartu.
Ведьма
Doctor
Веселый и обаятельный журналист Айван известен своим пристрастием к светским тусовкам и публичным скандалам. А потому предложение босса отправиться исследовать природу загадочных явлений, происходящих в отдаленном городке, воспринимает без особого энтузиазма. Намереваясь побыстрее разделаться с досадным поручением, Айван отправляется в путь.
Happy Landing
Rainer
Three film segments.
Dear Mister Moon
Bottle Man
When two half-sisters, thirteen-year-old white-haired Sigrid and seven-year-old black-blooded Saara meet for the first time, it turns out that their common grandmother has been taken to a nursing home. The girls come up with the idea to steal him from there and hide him in the attic where they can be with her undisturbed. Everything goes well beyond expectations until drunkards, thugs and extortionists intervene and the girls have to act decisively to escape from them.
Все мои Ленины
Grigory Zinoviev
«Злобные германские империалисты» осуществляют тайную операцию по развалу Российской империи. Для этой цели в Россию засылается вождь большевиков Владимир Ульянов. На всякий случай агенту «Ленину» готовится замена из числа двойников. Один из поддельных вождей оказывается значительно качественнее настоящего...
1+1+1
Music
Heik Ernitsa's directorial debut "Encounter" is a humorous story about dreams and reality. "Street" by Valter Uusberg paints a nervous and gloomy picture of the artificial environment of the city. Mati Küti's satirical "Monument" dissects egocentrism in a grotesque tone.
The Song of the Summer
While suffering creative and emotional crisis, singer Katrin gives a poor performance at the pop music contest. She decides to turn over a new leaf and write a song that would convey an important message both for herself and for the audience. Katrin's personal drama - the story about her doubts and self-realization - is accompanied by the performances of well-known pop musicians of 1970s and 1980s.
Poiss ja liblikas
Music
A film about a boy who loves flowers and butterflies, based on a short story by Anton Hansen Tammsaar. In his thoughtless pursuit of the butterfly, he shatters all the flowers in his path.
How the King Wanted to Go to the Moon
Music
A story about a king, who one day decides he needs to get to the moon, no matter what it takes.
Indrek
Solotarski
Based on the second part of the pentalogy "Truth and Justice" by Anton H. Tammsaare.
An Exchange
The Shaman
Tuuli and Kaspar needed a break from the city so they escaped for some alone time to a cabin in the wilderness. Or so they thought.