Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Estonian film director
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Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonia
About Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar
- Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar (born Vladimir-Georg-Julian Orgusaar, from 1953 to 1976 Vladimir Karasjov) 14 December 1931 – 27 January 2015) was an Estonian film director.Georg Karassev-Orgusaar was born in Tallinn.
- He studied history and literature at the Tomsk University and cinematography at the Moscow All-Union State Institute of Cinematography.
- In the Estonian SSR, he produced a number of documentary films.
- His trilogy on Soviet history consists of films "Precursor" (Estonian: "Eelkäija", 1967) on Viktor Kingissepp, "Solstice" ("Pööripäev", 1968) on June 1940 'revolution' in Estonia, a central myth of Soviet mythology in Estonia, and "Commander" ("Väejuht", 1968) on August Kork, an Estonian Bolshevik military leader and victim of 1937 Stalinist purges.
- The trilogy covers those moments of Soviet history in an ostensibly pro-Soviet manner, but leaves possibilities for other interpretations (e.g.
- parallels with 1968 events in Czechoslovakia; juxtaposing August Kork and Joseph Stalin; the tragedy of Estonian revolutionaries etc.).
- Other documentaries by Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar include "Forge" ("Sepikoda", 1974); in collaboration with Uno Maasikas), "New Era" ("Uus aeg", 1969) and "Hard Times" ("Rasked aastad", 1973). His only feature film, "The Outlaws" ("Lindpriid"; based on Jaan Anvelt's unfinished novel) is sometimes considered as Karassev's masterpiece.
- The 4 hour film shows members of the Estonian Bolshevik underground acting in 1920s and feature innovative techniques.
- Communist authorities disapproved of the work and ordered the film tapes to be destroyed.
- However, copies did survive, and the film was first shown in 1989.
- Georg Karassev-Orgusaar himself had emigrated to France after he was banned from making movies in the USSR.
- In emigration, he worked as a publicist and film critic. In 1990, Karassev-Orgussaar was elected to Estonian Congress.
- He was the founder of Association France–Estonie—Pont de la Démocratie and its co-president.
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