Boris Jaanikosk (born Boris Jankovski, later Boris Borissoff; June 16, 1897 – June 1, 1976) was an

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film actor and film director.

Life and work

Boris Jaanikosk was born Boris Jankovski and later Estonianized his family name to Jaanikosk. In 1929, Jaanikosk played one of the leading roles in the Estonian film production ''

Jüri Rumm Jüri () is a small borough () in Harju County, northern Estonia. It is located southeast of the capital Tallinn, by the Tallinn–Tartu road (E263), directly after the intersection with Tallinn Ring Road (nr. 11). Jüri is the administrative ...

'', directed by Johannes Loop. The film premiered in December 1929. In 1930, he directed the first musical film in Estonian film history. The short film ''

Kuldämblik ''Kuldämblik'' (The Golden Spider) is a 1930 Estonian musical film directed by Boris Jaanikosk and produced by Konstantin Märska, who was also the cinematographer. The screenplay was written by Hendrik Saar under the pseudonym ''Kivilombi In ...

'' (The Golden Spider), for which he also wrote the screenplay, was also the first Estonian sound film. The black-and-white film is considered lost. In the 1950s, Boris Jaanikosk worked as an editor for the Soviet Estonian newsreel ''Filmikroonika''. Boris Jaanikosk is buried in

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() in

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in the special area of the Estonian Cinema Association.

Filmography

*1929: ''

'' as the baron *1930: ''

'' (director) *1946: ''Nõukogude Eesti'' (director) *1947: ''Kalevite hõim'' (director) *1948: ''Eesti põlevkivi'' (director) *1949: ''Aastaplaan suureks pidupäevaks'' (director) *1949: ''Lõikuspüha'' (director) *1949: ''Üleliiduliselt naiste maleturniirilt'' (director) *1949: ''Väärikas vahetus'' (director) *1949: ''Võrumaa põllumajanduslik näitus'' (director) *1951: ''Tulevased meremehed'' (director) *1952: ''Kukruse põlevkivikaevanduses'' (director) *1952: ''Linnukasvatuse katsejaam'' (director) *1952: ''Stahhaanovlaste vabariiklik nõupidamine'' (director) *1952: ''Unustamatu 1919'' (director)

References

External links

Boris Jaanikosk
at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaanikosk, Boris 1897 births 1976 deaths Estonian male film actors Estonian male silent film actors 20th-century Estonian male actors Estonian film directors Estonian documentary film directors