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Heino Mandri
Actor

Heino Mandri

11 Sep 1922Born
3 Dec 1990Died
68Age at death
54Credits

Biography

Heino Mandri (September 11, 1922 – December 3, 1990) was an Estonian film and stage actor.

Heino Mandri was born in Kohtla-Järve, but his family moved to Tallinn when Mandri was two years old. In 1946, Mandri graduated in the only class of the short-lived Tallinn Theatre School (1942–1946) set up during the German occupation to carry on the work of the former State School of Performing Arts which had been liquidated during the Soviet occupation in 1940.

In 1948, Mandri was accused in anti-Soviet activities and sentenced for seven years of forced labor.

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From 1948 to 1954 he served the sentence in the Viatlag prison camp, Lesnoy, Kirov Oblast in Northern Russia.

Mandri was released in 1954 and returned to Estonia, where the Soviet authorities forbade him to get closer than 101 km to Tallinn under the 101st kilometre rule. Mandri settled in Viljandi and worked in Ugala theatre. In 1956 Mandri wrote a personal letter to the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet Kliment Voroshilov, after which he got his sentence retroactively shortened to five years allowing him to enter Tallinn again.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Heino Mandri casually appeared on Estonian national TV delivering his lines with impeccable command of the Estonian language. In Soviet films, Heino Mandri was usually cast as characters who were officers of the Wehrmacht, German businessmen, or American spies.

Heino Mandri was acquitted of all political charges and fully rehabilitated in his rights only shortly before his death in 1990.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2008Nazis and BlondesFilm: (archive footage)
  2. 1991SurmatantsFilm
  3. 1990Entrance to LabyrinthFilm: Zigmund Khyutter
  4. 1990Entrance to the MazeSeries: Zigmund Khyutter - baron (1 episode)
  5. 1989Faulty BridesFilm: Mart
  6. 1989Doctor StockmannFilm: Aslaksen
  7. 1989I'm Not a Tourist, I Live HereFilm: Mart's Father
  8. 1988Dance Around the Steam BoilerFilm
  9. 1988Bay of HappinessFilm
  10. 1987In One Hundred Years in MayFilm: President of the Court Martial
  11. 1987The Joys of MidlifeFilm: Uncle Raul
  12. 1986ChicherinFilm: (as H. Mandri)
  13. 1986The Secret Agent’s EndFilm: Кинг
  14. 1986In the Time of the Law of the WolfFilm
  15. 1985The R DocumentSeries: Donald Radenbau (3 episodes)
  16. 1984European StoryFilm
  17. 1984Two Couples and LonelinessFilm: Boss
  18. 1984Russia Is YoungSeries: граф Пипер (9 episodes)
  19. 1983Arabella, the Pirate's DaughterFilm: Warship Captain
  20. 1981Murder on the 31st FloorFilm: first director of the concern
  21. 1981Rowan GatesFilm: Lembit
  22. 1981Mercedes Runs Away from the ChaseFilm: Abt, German Colonel
  23. 1979A Woman Heats the SaunaFilm: Moorits
  24. 1978The Pastor of ReigiFilm: Judge
  25. 1977Time to Live, Time to LoveFilm
  26. 1976PortFilm
  27. 1976Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the ProletariatFilm: Iurla
  28. 1976IndrekFilm: Timusk
  29. 1975CountermeasureFilm
  30. 1975The Red ViolinFilm
  31. 1974Spring in the ForestFilm: Forester
  32. 1974Inimeste majaFilm: Narrator
  33. 1973Fire in the NightFilm
  34. 1972Forest CaptainFilm: Accordion
  35. 1971Lack of WindFilm: Chairman of the Collective Farm
  36. 1971GladiatorFilm: Officer
  37. 1971PedestriansFilm: Narrator
  38. 1971Summer Games of InsectsFilm: Head Referee (voice)
  39. 1970He Wasn't AloneFilm: German officer at the kommandatur
  40. 1970Between Three PlaguesFilm: Topff
  41. 1970Liberation - Part 1 : The Fire BulgeFilm
  42. 1970Liberation - Part 2 : BreakthroughFilm
  43. 1969The Red TentFilm: Man Holding a Horn on the Kingsbay Pier (uncredited)
  44. 1969A Tale of a ChekistFilm: Jundt
  45. 1968The Dead SeasonFilm
  46. 1967Exploded HellFilm: Emar
  47. 1967What Happened To Andres Lapeteus?Film: Põdrus
  48. 1966SupernovaFilm: Paalmann
  49. 1965The New Devil of HellsbottomFilm: Reverend
  50. 1965We Were EighteenFilm: Trossi
  51. 1964The LarkFilm: Standartenfuhrer
  52. 1963Hills Like White ElephantsFilm
  53. 1959Uninvited GuestsFilm
  54. 1957PöördelFilm

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