Cīrulīši (1980)
After spending her entire life in the family farmhouse “Cīrulīši,” Zelma is faced with the painful prospect of leaving her home and moving in with one of her children. As the family gathers at the house, long-standing personal and everyday problems come to the surface: her son Elmārs, a newspaper journalist from Riga, and his wife Gundega, a successful researcher; her son Raimonds, the chairman of a neighboring collective farm; and her daughter, a doctor who lives nearby. Deeply concerned for her children and reluctant to leave the home that has shaped her life, Zelma struggles to come to terms with the changes ahead.
Director: Oļģerts Dunkers
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Velta Līne as Zelma |
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Juris Lejaskalns as Elmārs |
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Vija Artmane as Gundega |
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Uldis Dumpis as |
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Lilita Ozoliņa as |
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Anda Zaice as |
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Astrīda Kairiša as |
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Dīns Ritenbergs as |
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Erlends Ritenbergs as |
| Directing | Oļģerts Dunkers | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edīte Noriete | Makeup Designer |
| Camera | Gvido Skulte | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Maija Indersone | Editor |
| Art | Ināra Antone | Art Direction |
| Sound | Igors Jakovlevs | Sound Director |
| Directing | Juris Celms | Co-Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dagne Melnāre | Costume Design |
| Writing | Harijs Gulbis | Novel |
| Writing | Oļģerts Dunkers | Writer |
| Sound | Raimonds Pauls | Music |