Taska Film sometimes credited as Taska Productions (owned by Kristian Taska) is an Estonian film production company responsible for producing the number 1 Estonian box office hit during the last decade: ''

Names in Marble ''Names in Marble'' ( et, Nimed marmortahvlil) is an Estonian war novel written by Albert Kivikas. It was published in 1936, and its subject is the Estonian War of Independence. Kivikas received an award by the Estonian Literature Society for the ...

''. ''

Candles in the Dark ''Candles in the Dark'' is a 1993 American made for television Christmas drama film directed by Maximilian Schell. Produced for The Family Channel, the film stars Alyssa Milano and Chad Lowe. Plot When her father thinks she is too spoiled, he ...

'' directed by

Maximilian Schell Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film '' Judgment at Nuremberg'', ...

was filmed in Estonia (produced by

Ilmar Taska Ilmar Taska (born May 21, 1953, in Vyatka) is an Estonian filmmaker and writer, who was writer and producer for 20th Century Fox movie '' Back in the USSR'' (1992) and producer for ''Candles in the Dark'' directed by Maximilian Schell. Ilmar Tas ...

) in association with

The Kushner-Locke Company The Kushner-Locke Company was an American independent motion picture/television production founded on March 12, 1983 by Donald Kushner and Peter Locke. It is known for films such as ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'', '' Liberace: Behind the Musi ...

. The movie was possibly the first movie ever screened in the US that was shot in Estonia.

is an Estonian filmmaker has been the writer and producer for

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film studio, film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm o ...

movie ''

Back in the USSR "Back in the U.S.S.R." is a song by the English rock band the Beatles and the first track of the 1968 double album ''The Beatles'' (also known as the "White Album"). Written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, ...

'' (1992). Ilmar's son Kristian Taska born on 23 November 1973 has been the producer of Estonian feature films like ''Names in Marble'' (2002), ''Set Point'' (2004) ( et, Täna öösel me ei maga) directed by Ilmar Taska, ''Röövlirahnu Martin'' (2005) directed by

René Vilbre René Vilbre (born 17 May 1970 in Rakvere) is an Estonian film director René Vilbre has received the Children's Film Prize of the Nordic Film Institutes at the Lübeck Nordic Film Days in 2005 and the Don Quixote Award - Special Mention at the M ...

. In 2022 they produced '' Melchior the Apothecary''.

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