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Heino Mandri
Actor
Born September 11, 1922Died December 3, 1990 (68 years)
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 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.
Filmography
| 2008 | Nazis and Blondes · as (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | Entrance to Labyrinth · as Zigmund Khyutter |
| 1990 | Vkhod v Labirint (TV Series) · as Zigmund Khyutter - Baron |
| 1989 | Vigased pruudid · as Mart |
| 1989 | Ma pole turist, ma elan siin · as Mart's Father |
| 1988 | Na iskhode nochi · as Willi Knopf |
| 1987 | Keskea rõõmud · as Uncle Raul |
| 1987 | |
| 1986 | Konets operatsii Rezident · as King |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (TV Series) · as Lorence (1984) |
| 1982 | Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter · as Warship Captain |
| 1981 | Young Russia (TV Series) · as Граф Пипер |
| 1981 | 31. osakonna hukk · as First Director Of The Concern |
| 1980 | Mersedes ukhodit ot pogoni · as Abt, German Colonel |
| 1979 | A Woman Heats the Sauna · as Moorits |
| 1976 | Indrek · as Timusk |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Otvetnaya mera · as Balsen |
| 1973 | Ukuaru · as Forester |
| 1973 | The Great Battle · as German Officer |
| 1971 | Liberation · as German Officer |
| 1971 | Metskapten · as Accordion |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Osvobozhdenie: Proryv · as German Officer |
| 1969 | Povest' o chekiste · as Jundt |
| 1969 | Gladiaator · as Officer |
| 1968 | |
| 1966 | Mis juhtus Andres Lapeteusega? · as Põdrus |
| 1965 | Zhavoronok · as Standartenfuhrer |
| 1964 | The Misadventures of the New Satan · as Reverend |
| 1957 |