# Aksella Luts > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aksella_Luts > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Aksella_Luts.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksella_Luts > Source revision: 1354599899 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Estonian actress, dancer, and filmmaker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = Aksella Luts.jpg | image_size = 200px | name = Aksella Luts | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|11|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Moscow](/source/Moscow), [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) | birth_name = Aksella Hildegard Kapsta | death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|1|8|1905|11|10|df=yes}} | death_place = [Pärnu](/source/P%C3%A4rnu), [Estonia](/source/Estonia) | other_names = Antti Metsalu | occupation = Actress, screenwriter, dancer, choreographer, film editor, photojournalist | years_active = 1924–2005 | spouse = {{marriage|[Theodor Luts](/source/Theodor_Luts)|1924|1980|reason=died}} }} '''Aksella Luts''' (born '''Aksella Hildegard Kapsta'''; 10 October 1905 – 8 January 2005)[http://isik.tlulib.ee/index.php?id=180 Tallinn University Academic Library] (in [Estonian](/source/Estonian_language)) was an [Estonia](/source/Estonia)n actress, screenwriter, dancer, choreographer, film editor and photojournalist. ==Early life== Aksella Luts was born Aksella Hildegard Kapsta in [Moscow](/source/Moscow) to Estonian parents Martin and Maria Kapsta (''née'' Mark). She was the middle child of three siblings; her sister Erica Regina was born in 1903 and her brother Alfred was born in 1911.[http://www.eesti.ca/suri-eesti-filmilegend-aksella-luts-etv/article8813 Estonian World Review] 10 January 2005 The family returned to Estonia when she was quite young. She attended secondary school in [Tartu](/source/Tartu), graduating in 1924 before attending dance classes in Tartu and then the Union des Professeurs de Danse de France (UDPDF) in [Paris](/source/Paris), where she studied [modern dance](/source/modern_dance). She married Estonian future filmmaker [Theodor Luts](/source/Theodor_Luts) (younger brother of writer [Oskar Luts](/source/Oskar_Luts)) at age 19 and the two opened a dance studio in Tartu. ==Film== In 1927, Theodor Luts founded ''Tartu Filmiühing'' (Tartu Film Society) and using the knowledge he had gained from filmmakers in Paris and Berlin, the couple began writing the script for the patriotic silent film ''[Noored kotkad](/source/Noored_kotkad)'' (''Young Eagles''), which was Estonia's first feature-length dramatic historical film. It was financed through a bank loan.[http://www.postimees.ee/1454057/huvasti-imeline-aksella ''Postimees: Hüvasti, imeline Aksella!''] 11 January 2005 The film was a dramatic telling of the [Estonian War of Independence](/source/Estonian_War_of_Independence) of 1918-1920 and was filmed in Tartu, [Mustvee](/source/Mustvee) and [Värska](/source/V%C3%A4rska) in the summer of 1927. Theodor directed, acted as cinematographer and had several small roles in the film. Aksella appeared in the film as an actress and was the film's make up artist.[http://blog.ekspress.ee/Arhiiv/Vanad/1996/35/tvnadal/t_luts.html Ekspress.ee archive.] September 1996 ''Noored kotkad'' is generally regarded as the cornerstone of [Estonian cinema](/source/Estonian_cinema).[https://books.google.com/books?id=IpR0-OrrwssC&pg Culture And Customs of the Baltic States By Kevin O'Connor] After Theodor made several silent film nature and cultural documentaries for [Eesti Kultuurfilm](/source/Estonian_Culture_Film), the couple would co-write the script for the 1932 melodrama ''Päikese lapsed'' (''The Children of the Sun''). The film would be Estonia's first feature-length [Estonian language](/source/Estonian_language) sound film; it was co-produced by [Erkki Karu](/source/Erkki_Karu) of Finland's [Suomi-Filmi](/source/Suomi-Filmi) and Theodor Lutsu Filmiproduktsioon. Theodor would again direct and Aksella would choreograph a dance routine, while Estonian actor [Ants Eskola](/source/Ants_Eskola) would have a starring role.[http://www.efis.ee/et/filmiliigid/film/id/337 ''Eesti filmi andmebaas''] (in [Estonian](/source/Estonian_language)) ==Travel abroad== In 1938, Theodor and Aksella moved to [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), [Finland](/source/Finland), where Theodor hoped to further his education. From 1938 until 1944, Aksella worked as screenwriter under the masculine [pen name](/source/pen_name) Antti Metsalu for [Fenno-Filmi OY](/source/Fenno-Filmi), which was founded by her husband and [Yrjö Norta](/source/Yrj%C3%B6_Norta). Many of her scripts from the era were [anti-Soviet](/source/anti-Soviet) in nature. In 1944, the couple moved to [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), [Sweden](/source/Sweden), where Aksella worked as a librarian and archivist at the Folk Universitetet. Following [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and the [annexation of Estonia](/source/Baltic_states_under_Soviet_rule_(1944%E2%80%9391)) by the Soviet Union, they relocated to the city of [São Lourenço](/source/S%C3%A3o_Louren%C3%A7o%2C_Minas_Gerais) near [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo) in the [South Region](/source/South_Region%2C_Brazil) of [Brazil](/source/Brazil).[http://www.efis.ee/et/varamu/biograafiline-leksikon/theodor-luts ''Eesti filmi andmebaas'': Theodor Luts.] 13 June 2007 (in [Estonian](/source/Estonian_language)) In Brazil, the couple made a permanent home. Aksella Luts worked primarily with her husband at his new film company ''Theodor Lutsu firma'' as a screenwriter, author of manuscripts, cameraman's assistant, film editor and photojournalist. She was a founding member and secretary of the [Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church](/source/Estonian_Evangelical_Lutheran_Church) in São Paulo (''EELK São Paulo Kogudus''), worked as a librarian at the Estonian-Brazilian New Cultural Association (''Eesti-Brasiilia Kultuuriühing Uus''), worked as a film editor at Milo Harbichi Films, and was made an Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences and Letters of São Lourenço for the introduction of [Estonian culture](/source/Estonian_culture) to Brazil. ==Later years== Following the death of Theodor Luts on 24 September 1980, Aksella remained in Brazil until 1996, when she returned to Estonia and settled in [Pärnu](/source/P%C3%A4rnu). She gave frequent television and radio interviews and was made an Honorary Member of ''Eesti Kinoliit'' (Estonian Filmmaker's Association). She died in Pärnu in 2005, aged 99, and was cremated. Her ashes were buried next to her husband in São Lourenço, Brazil. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0527488|name=Aksella Luts}} *Image of Aksella Luts at [http://www.ra.ee/fotis/index.php?lang=en&type=2&id=158008 ''Fotis. Rahusarhiivi Fotode Andmebaas''] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Luts, Aksella}} Category:1905 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Actresses from Tartu Category:People from Moskovsky Uyezd Category:Estonian film actresses Category:Estonian silent film actresses Category:Estonian women screenwriters Category:Estonian female dancers Category:Estonian emigrants to Brazil Category:Estonian expatriates in Brazil Category:Estonian film editors Category:20th-century Estonian actresses Category:Women film editors Category:20th-century screenwriters Category:Estonian photojournalists Category:Women photojournalists Category:People from São Lourenço, Minas Gerais --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Aksella Luts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksella_Luts) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aksella_Luts?action=history)). 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