Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgussaar

Who is Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgussaar?

Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar born 14 December 1931 in Tallinn is an Estonian film director.

Georg Karassev-Orgusaar studied history and literature at the Tomsk University and cinematography at the Moscow All-Union State Institute of Cinematography. In the Estonian SSR, he produced a number of documentary films. His trilogy on Soviet history consists of films "Precursor" on Viktor Kingissepp, "Solstice" on June 1940 'revolution' in Estonia, a central myth of Soviet mythology in Estonia, and "Commander" on August Kork, an Estonian Bolshevik military leader and victim of 1937 Stalinist purges. The trilogy covers those moments of Soviet history in an ostensibly pro-Soviet manner, but leaves possibilities for other interpretations. Other documentaries by Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar include "Forge"; in collaboration with Uno Maasikas, "New Era" and "Hard Times".