Artur Rinne

Artur Rinne (25 September 1910 Narva – 31 January 1984 Tallinn) was an Estonian singer (baritone), theatre director and television director.

1929-1937 he was a choir singer and 1937–1938 ja 1941–1944 a soloist at Estonia Theatre.

1947–1950 and 1971–1980 he was a soloist at Estonian SSR State Philharmonic.

In 1950, he was arrested by Soviet authorities and was placed within the gulag camp system; exiled to the Yertsevo prison camp in Arkhangelsk Oblast of northern Russia.

[1] Awards: In 1968 the autobiographical film Meie Arhur was directed.