From Book to Film- Kilplased
Kilplased are the characters of one funny legend and they are famous for their senseless and aimless activity and all kinds of funny tricks. Legends and folk tales about Kilplased were known more than 400 years ago in Germany. Estonian popular writer Fr.R. Kreutzwald translated these funny stories into Estonian. The book about their silly actions was published in Estonian in 1857 and was called “Kilplaste imewärklikud, wäga kentsakad, maa-ilmas kuulmata ja tännini weel üleskirjutamata jutud ja teud: Kalkuni keelest Maakeele tõlgitud ja meie külade komblikuks mõnes tükis ümbersolgitud”.
Estonians tend to call people who act before thinking as “kilplased”.