"cinematographic" - 1 õppematerjal

ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.

universe in their connections and antagonisms, scepticism and disillusionment are illustrated in a mature and individual formulation. Drama was rising to a new level tackling complicated social problems: August Kitzberg’s tragedy Libahunt (The Werewolf, 1912). Before the historic watershed of 1917, the main genres of Estonian literature had attained a notable artist level. At the same time Estonian cinematography took its first steps. Cinematographic achievements had been first demonstrated in Tartu and Tallinn in 1896. The first stationary cinema was built in Tallinn in 1907. The first Estonian filmmaker was Johannes Pääsuke (1892-1919) from Tartu. He is the author of the first Estonian feature film: Karujaht Pärnumaal (Bear Hunt in Pärnu county, 1914), a political satire involving the Mayor of Pärnu.  The main centre for national romantic art ideology and practice was the atelier and art of Ants Laikmaa