Erik Ruus

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Apr 23, 1962 (63 years old)
Death date
Apr 22, 2025

Erik Ruus

Known For

Self Made Cameraman
1h 44m
Movie 2019

Self Made Cameraman

An adventurous tragedy about Estonia's first film maker Johannes Pääsuke and his aspirations to travel around with a film camera and find happiness. Together with a good friend, Volter, Pääsuke will spend an incredible week in Setomaa.

Green Cats
1h 45m
Movie 2017

Green Cats

This is a story of two old folks, who have spent most of their lives behind prison walls. Now, as seventy year old men, they have been granted amnesty. Both men have a passionate desire to change their lives according to certain plans.

Messenger Knocks Three Times
0h 48m
Movie 2010

Messenger Knocks Three Times

The film tells the story of a single mother having trouble coping with everyday life. However, she finds in magic and fantasy a way to escape her reality until the enigmatic appearance of a man in her life. He will change her forever, to the point of making the decisions she has always feared. She will suddenly and conclusively have to answer her own question: what do I want? She will be given a chance to correct the mistakes in her life; will she cherish this opportunity or let it slip away?

All My Lenins
1h 39m
Movie 1997

All My Lenins

Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks' leader, in order to start a revolution in Russia with German money and create a new national state of Estonia in the north-east of Russia. For security reasons, five doubles will be found and trained for Lenin. All of them are finally sent to Russia to instigate the revolution. How will the real Lenin put up with all this?

The Firewater
1h 34m
Movie 1994

The Firewater

At the end of the 1920-s the Finnish government proclaimed dry law which lasted 12 years. Estonian bootleggers living on the neighboring coast of the Gulf of Finland profited from prohibition......

The Lady in the Car
1h 25m
Movie 1992

The Lady in the Car

A young secretary, Helen, must take his boss's car to the garage. On the way she stumbles into unexpected déja vu adventures.

Sunday Only
1h 9m
Movie 1990

Sunday Only

50s quiet Estonian town. After a long separation, two brothers met in their parents' house. The younger one, Ilmar, a formerly capable artist, has just been released under an amnesty from a camp where he ended up for some youthful prank. Older brother Alex, by nature a more reserved person who prefers to find compromise solutions, is the complete opposite of Ilmar. The meeting of the brothers develops into a conflict, complicated by the fact that Ilmar got in touch with repeat offenders in the camp, and now they are threatening him with violence.

The Bird Watcher
1h 31m
Movie 1988

The Bird Watcher

A young fanatic bird-watcher spends a summer on an islet in the Nortern-Sea with his assistant. Rough nature, hidden feelings.

Biography

Erik Ruus (until 1986 Erik Molodov, pseudonym Erik Moldov; April 23, 1962 – April 22, 2025) was an Estonian actor. In 1982 he graduated from Viljandi Culture Academy. Between 1985 and 1995 and 1996 and 2009, he was an actor at the Rakvere Theatre. From 1995 to 1996, he was an actor at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu. Beginning in 2009, he was a freelance actor. Besides performing in stage roles, he also acted in films and television series.

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