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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 . [1]

Candles in the Dark directed by Maximilian Schell was filmed in Estonia (produced by Ilmar Taska) in association with The Kushner-Locke Company. The movie was possibly the first movie ever screened in the US that was shot in Estonia. [2]

Ilmar Taska is an Estonian filmmaker has been the writer and producer for 20th Century Fox movie Back in the USSR (1992). [3]

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) (Estonian : Täna öösel me ei maga) directed by Ilmar Taska, Röövlirahnu Martin (2005) directed by René Vilbre.[ citation needed ]

In 2022 they produced Melchior the Apothecary .[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Taska Productions". Shooting guide Estonia. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  2. Griffin, Dominic (October 1996). Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-0-8240-3797-0.
  3. "Set Point". Taormina FilmFest. Retrieved 25 September 2008.