Heino Mandri
Biography
Heino Mandri was an Estonian film and stage actor born in Kohtla-Järve, moving to Tallinn at two years old. After graduating from the short-lived Tallinn Theatre School in 1946, Mandri was accused of anti-Soviet activities and served seven years in prison from 1948 to 1954. Following his release, Mandri returned to Estonia and worked in theatre, eventually gaining his sentence retroactively shortened and being acquitted of all charges, allowing him to act in Soviet films and Estonian national TV productions.