Theodor Luts

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-08-14 (84 years old)

Deathday

1980-09-24

Place of Birth

Kuremaa, Estonia

Theodor Luts

Biography

Theodor Luts (14 August [O.S. 2 August] 1896 in Palamuse – 24 September 1980 in São Paulo) was an Estonian film director and cinematographer, brother of classic writer Oskar Luts. Theodor Luts was the first major figure of Estonian cinematography. His Noored kotkad (Young Eagles) (1927) is generally regarded as the cornerstone of Estonian cinema. Päikese lapsed (Children of the Sun) (1932), directed by Luts, was the first Estonian full length sound film. After the Great Depression hit Estonia in the 1930s Theodor Luts produced mostly documentaries for a state subsidized film studio Eesti Kultuurfilm and also had a successful career in Finla...

Production

1950

1927

1927

The Young Eagles

as Director

1933

Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee

as Director of Photography

1944

Hiipivä vaara

as Director of Photography

1933

Herrat täysihoidossa

as Director of Photography

1934

Minä ja ministeri

as Director of Photography

1944

Hiipivä vaara

as Producer

1943

1931

Kihnu

as Director

1931

Ruhno

as Director

1950

Caraça, Heaven's Gate

as Director of Photography

1941

Jos oisi valtaa…

as Director of Photography

1940

SF-paraati

as Director of Photography

1940

Runon kuningas ja muuttolintu

as Director of Photography

1940

Yövartija vain…

as Director of Photography

1927

The Young Eagles

as Director of Photography

1933

1933

Pikku myyjätär

as Director of Photography

1933

Pikku myyjätär

as Screenplay

1927

1943

Salainen ase

as Producer

1943

Maskotti

as Producer

1945

1943

Salainen ase

as Director

1931

Ruhno

as Director of Photography

1943

1937

Koskenlaskijan morsian

as Director of Photography

1936

Vaimoke

as Director of Photography

1944

1943

Salainen ase

as Writer

1938

Rykmentin murheenkryyni

as Director of Photography

1937

Lapatossu

as Director of Photography

1939

Helmikuun manifesti

as Director of Photography

1934

Siltalan pehtoori

as Director of Photography

1939

Lapatossu ja Vinski olympia-kuumeessa

as Director of Photography

1936

Mieheke

as Director of Photography

1935

Kaikki rakastavat

as Director of Photography

1933

Ne 45000

as Director of Photography

1939

Takki ja liivit pois!

as Director of Photography

1939

Eteenpäin – elämään

as Director of Photography

1937

As Dream and Shadow…

as Director of Photography

1938

Olenko minä tullut haaremiin

as Director of Photography

1938

Tulitikkuja lainaamassa

as Director of Photography

1939

Jumalan tuomio

as Director of Photography

1931

1932

The Children of the Sun

as Director of Photography

1930

Vahva sõdur Joosep Toots

as Director of Photography

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