
Kalju Kivi
Biography
Kalju Kivi (March 23, 1951 – July 19, 2025) was an Estonian film artist, screenwriter and director.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles

Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as The Watchmaker
Watchmaker controls the time, but the mouse living in the watchmaker's workshop controls the clocks... This is a film about time and its ephemeral nature.

Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • as Locomotive Driver
Despite peaceful speeches, the army of the Soviet Russian is attacking Estonia, and the country's government is declaring a mobilization for all. Henn Ahas, the son of a poor family, hesitates to go to war.

Movie - 1995, 2h 15m • as Workshop Master
This modern western depicting juvenile crime takes as its theme the struggle of an individual against a vicious circle of violence. The spiral of violence and revenge is only broken when one person conquers himself and refuses to continue the vendetta. Siim, a 14-year old who grew up in the streets, is only spared the violence because he has a natural antipathy to it. Ultimately he too is caught up in the fighting when he tries to save money for his girlfriend's Christmas gift and the cash is stolen.

Movie - 1990, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Estonia in a turbulent era of change. Citizen A, a modest, indecisive person, with great difficulty and inner fear fits into the changed realities of the world around him. And he constantly finds himself in various absurd situations.