Heino Mandri
Born September 11, 1922 (Age: 103)
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Kohtla-Järve, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
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. 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.
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. 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.
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Filmography
Surmatants
1991
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as
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Age: 69
Entrance to Labyrinth
1990
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as Zigmund Khyutter
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Age: 67
No Image
Faulty Brides
1989
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as Mart
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Age: 67
Doctor Stockmann
1989
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as Aslaksen
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Age: 66
I'm Not a Tourist, I Live Here
1989
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as Mart's Father
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Age: 66
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
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as
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Age: 65
Bay of Happiness
1988
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as
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Age: 65
In One Hundred Years in May
1987
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as President of the Court Martial
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Age: 64
The Joys of Midlife
1987
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as Uncle Raul
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Age: 64
In the Time of the Law of the Wolf
1986
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as
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Age: 63
Two Couples and Loneliness
1984
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as Boss
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Age: 61
Murder on the 31st Floor
1981
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as first director of the concern
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Age: 58
Rowan Gates
1981
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as Lembit
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Age: 58
Mercedes Runs Away from the Chase
1981
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as Abt, German Colonel
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Age: 58
The Pastor of Reigi
1978
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as Judge
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Age: 55
Time to Live, Time to Love
1977
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as
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Age: 54
No Image
Port
1976
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as
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Age: 53
Countermeasure
1975
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as
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Age: 52
Spring in the Forest
1974
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as Forester
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Age: 52
Inimeste maja
1974
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as Narrator
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Age: 51
Fire in the Night
1973
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as
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Age: 51
Forest Captain
1972
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as Accordion
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Age: 49
Lack of Wind
1971
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as Chairman of the Collective Farm
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Age: 49
Gladiator
1971
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as Officer
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Age: 49
Pedestrians
1971
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as Narrator
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Age: 48
Summer Games of Insects
1971
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as Head Referee (voice)
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Age: 48
Between Three Plagues
1970
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as Topff
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Age: 48
The Red Tent
1969
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as Man holding a horn on the Kingsbay pier
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Age: 47
A Tale of a Chekist
1969
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as Jundt
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Age: 47
Liberation: Breakthrough
1969
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as German Officer
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Age: 46
Supernova
1966
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as Paalmann
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Age: 43
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
1965
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as Reverend
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Age: 42
We Were Eighteen
1965
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as Trossi
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Age: 42
The Lark
1964
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as Standartenfuhrer
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Age: 42
Hills Like White Elephants
1963
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as
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Age: 40
Uninvited Guests
1959
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as
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Age: 36