Rita Raave

Rita Raave

Rita Raave (born April 6, 1951) is an Estonian stage, television and film actress, and painter. Rita Raave was born in Mõisaküla, Viljandi County in 1951 to journalist, cartoonist, Lutheran pastor, and politician Kalev Raave and Lydia Raave (née Majas). She has three siblings: Raivo J. Raave, Riho Raave, and Anneli Raave-Sepp. Raave pursued a career in acting and is a 1974 graduate of the Tallinn State Conservatory (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre). Among her graduating classmate were Maria Klenskaja, Elle Kull, Jüri Aarma, Kaie Mihkelson and Jaan Rõõmussaar. Raave's first substantial feature film role was as a starring role as Ragne Rass in the Olav Neuland directed 1982 Tallinnfilm romantic drama Corrida. The film was based on the 1979 Teet Kallas penned novel of the same name. This was followed the next year by the role of Maret in the Kaljo Kiisk directed Nipernaadi; the film adaptation of the 1928 August Gailit novel Toomas Nipernaadi about a roguish vagabond who breezes through the Estonian countryside inspiring locals to turn their own dreams into reality. In 1990, she would appear in two films: a small role in the Peeter Simm directed historical drama Inimene, keda polnud, and in the Rauni Mollberg directed Finnish drama Ystävät, toverit. She would end the decade with a role in the 1999 Peeter Urbla directed dramatic film short Kõrbekuu, for Allfilm. Raave would appear in a number of films throughout the 2000s and 2010s, most notably among them; the 2007 road movie comedy 186 Kilometers; as a brothel administrator in the 2007 Kadri Kõusaar directed drama Magnus; as Ruth in the 2011 Mart Kivastik directed drama Üks mu sõber;[9] and as a judge in the 2013 Kadri Kõusaar directed drama Kohtumõistja. She has also appeared in a number of short films; notably, the Anna Hints directed drama Vaba maa, opposite actors Eili Sild and Raivo Trass. In 2013, she appeared in the role of Susanna's mother in the Veiko Õunpuu directed drama Free Range/Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest. Aside from film, Rita Raave has also appeared on Estonian television. Most notably, in a 1991 television play production of Ernest Hemingway's The End of Something based on Hemingway's 1925 first collection of short stories In Our Time. Between 1993 and 1995, she appeared on the TV3 television drama series Salmonid. In addition to acting, Rita Raave has also held several exhibitions of her paintings. In December 2005, she held an exhibition at Tallinn's Gallery-G. She names Renaissance masters such as Giotto, Botticelli, Titian, and da Vinci as inspirations.

  • Title: Rita Raave
  • Popularity: 0.54
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1951-04-06
  • Place of Birth: Mõisaküla, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]
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Rita Raave Movies

  • 2005
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    Shop of Dreams

    Shop of Dreams

    5.4 2005 HD

    Three friends return from a vacation and discover that the TV studio they work for has gone bankrupt - so they decide to start their own costume...

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  • 2011
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    A Friend of Mine

    A Friend of Mine

    5.2 2011 HD

    Mati, a 70-year-old bibliophile, cannot cope with his wife's death. As loneliness and indifference overrun his thoughts, he contemplates suicide...

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  • 1990
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    A Man Who Never Was

    A Man Who Never Was

    3.2 1990 HD

    In the final weeks of the existence of the Soviet empire, a number of unusual films were released. In this wry Estonian comedy, a woman with an...

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  • 2007
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    186 Kilometers

    186 Kilometers

    3.4 2007 HD

    The well-known but out-of-luck actor Jan Uuspõld sets out to hitchhike from Tallinn through Estonia to Tartu.

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  • 1983
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    The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

    4.8 1983 HD

    Toomas Nipernaadi is seen roaming the rural landscape, going from village to village looking for the woman of his dreams. He wears a bedraggled white...

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  • 1990
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    Friends, Comrades

    Friends, Comrades

    5.6 1990 HD

    The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and...

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  • 1993
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    Prompter

    Prompter

    3.5 1993 HD

    The last film directed by Kaljo Kiisk has been dedicated to theatre and the people in theatre. You are entering the hectic world of musicians, zanies...

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  • 2007
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    Magnus

    Magnus

    5.7 2007 HD

    Magnus, a handsome teenager, wants to commit suicide and his father tries to change his mind.

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  • 2023
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    Stairway to Heaven

    Stairway to Heaven

    6.3 2023 HD

    With his last breath Uu's friend entrusts him with the secret of how to go to the past. Uu is an engineer and doesn't believe in miracles, but the...

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  • 1991
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    Cross

    Cross

    1 1991 HD

    The film takes place in Estonia during the German occupation in the winter of 1943. In order not to serve in the fascist army, Ilmar tries to escape...

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  • 1983
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    Corrida

    Corrida

    1 1983 HD

    Osvald, a man in his sixties, his wife Ragne who is about half his age and full of life, and her ex-lover Tarmo, have reached a decisive point in...

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  • 2013
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    The Arbiter

    The Arbiter

    5 2013 HD

    A brilliant but misguided man feels that he has the right to decide who is worth their place on earth.

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  • 2013
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    Free Range

    Free Range

    4.9 2013 HD

    After being fired from his job at a newspaper for writing a destructive review of a celebrated movie, Fred, an aspiring writer, learns that his...

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