Leida Laius (March 26, 1923 – April 6, 1996, in Tallinn) was an Estonian film director. In 1950 she graduated from Estonian State Theatre Institute. In 1962 she graduated from All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. Since 1960 she worked at Tallinnfilm.
Total trailers found: 15
28 November 1985
16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from.
14 October 1962
During the German occupation of Estonia a young mother finds a Red Army soldier hiding in the hay in her barn.
02 January 1973
Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Rein, but the long separations have tortured her. It seems to her that the man cares more about his work than about her.
05 June 1989
A mother released from a prison camp in Russia finds her son, but realises that reconciliation is impossible.
02 January 1978
Ants Jõgi (1892-1983) is a dignified gentleman whose main profession in life has been acting. He also has a spirit of an artist and an artisan.
17 November 1969
There are three children growing at Tammaru farm - one boy, Margus; and two orphan girls, Mari and Tiina.
18 November 1974
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.
19 July 1976
Coming into this world is an important event in a person's life, perhaps the most important. The film purely and sincerely captures the moments of birth.
17 May 1976
A thoughtful and sad film about toddlers who spend their days or even weeks away from their mother and home, whether in a day nursery or a day group.
10 July 1965
A baron gives a poor peasant a well-paid job of a milkman but for reward he has to accept his beloved girl going to the mansion from time to time.
17 May 1959
Four Estonians who have escaped to Sweden during the war return to Soviet Estonia in the 1950s. The four saboteurs work for the Western Secret Service.
01 January 1963
A man and a woman are trying to solve a problem that is crucial to their relationship, but their ideas and beliefs have a different vision.
11 December 1961
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.
18 November 1980
Anna, the daughter of an elderly owner of Kõrboja farm, is told by her father that if she won't move in their home farm then it will be sold to strangers.
11 October 1983
As a result of the initiative of the youth programme of Estonian Television, a phenomenon known as "Hometown" was born in Estonia in October 1975.
