Ants Lauter ( – 30 October 1973) was an Estonian actor,

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and pedagogue,

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(1948). He was born in Veski,

Wiek County Wiek County ( or , , ) was one of the four counties of the Russian Empire located in the Governorate of Estonia. It was situated in the western part of the governorate (in the northwestern part of present-day Estonia). Its capital was Haapsalu (' ...

, and died, aged 79, in Tallinn. Since 1974 the has been given to a young stage actor or theatre director.

Filmography

*1924: ''

Mineviku varjud ''Mineviku varjud'' (Shadows of the Past) is an Estonian historical drama film from 1924. It was Estonia's first full-length feature film. The film has not survived. Plot In Estonia conquered by the Livonian Order, the rural people are stubborn ...

'' as Kaljo, Olev's son *1936: ''

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'' as the captain of a smuggling vessel *1947: ''

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'', episode *1951: ''

Valgus Koordis ''Valgus Koordis'' (''Light in Koordi'') is a 1951 Soviet drama film directed by Herbert Rappaport and based on the 1949 novel of the same name by Hans Leberecht. Awards, nominations, participations: * 1952: Stalin Prize (USSR), recipients: He ...

'' *1955: ''

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'' as Aruland *1956: '' The Rumyantsev Case'' *1958: '' Esimese järgu kapten'' *1959: '' Kutsumata külalised'' as

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Kikas *1964: ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

'' as the priest *1965: ''

Mäeküla piimamees '' Mäeküla piimamees'' (''The Dairyman of Mäeküla'') is a novel by the Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the we ...

'' as Baron von Kremer *1968: ''

Dead Season ''Dead Season'' (, translit. Myortvyy sezon) is a 1968 Soviet spy film directed by Savva Kulish based on a screenplay by Aleksandr Shlepyanov and Vladimir Vajnshtok and featuring Donatas Banionis and Rolan Bykov. Plot A connection between D ...

'' *1968: '' Far in the West'' as the grandfather *1968: ''

Mehed ei nuta ''Mehed ei nuta'' (Estonian for ''Men Don't Cry'') is a 1969 Estonian television comedy movie directed by Sulev Nõmmik and written by himself and Enn Vetemaa. A group of people suffering from sleeplessness are, under the guise of a resort, mo ...

'' as the managing director *1969: '' Must nagu mina'' *1969: '' Posol Sovetskogo Soyuza'' *1969: ''

Viimne reliikvia The Last Relic (in Estonian language ''Viimne reliikvia'') is an historical adventure film produced in the then Soviet-occupied Estonia in 1969. It became one of the most popular films ever made in the country, and some critics have even called ...

'' / ''The Last Relic'' as the old man *1970: ''

King Lear ''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...

'', episode *1970: '' Kolme katku vahel'' as Mr. Henrik Claesson Horn *1970: '' Tuuline rand'', episode *1970: '' Valge laev'', episode

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* 1894 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Estonian male actors People from Märjamaa Parish People from Kreis Wiek Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre People's Artists of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Estonian SSR State Prize Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Estonian male film actors Estonian male stage actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Burials at Metsakalmistu {{Estonia-actor-stub