Escaping Riga (2014)
The film is based on true events, it tells the stories of two outstanding personalities of the 20th century – Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin, who were both born and spent their childhood in Riga but soon had to leave the city. The film follows the lives of the two characters during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, telling how one of them becomes “the greatest film director of his generation” in the totalitarian Soviet Union, and the other “the greatest thinker of his generation” in liberal Great Britain.
Director: Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
http://www.mistrusmedia.lv/index.php/lv/works/development/2316/
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Gustavs Briedis as young Berlin |
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Gints Grūbe as Sir Isiah Berlin |
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Mihails Karasikovs as Sergei Eisenstein |
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Viktors Puglejevs as young Eisenstein |
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Mārtiņš Počs as young Eisenstein #2 |
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Lauma Balode as Eisenstein's dream woman |
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Anna Heinrihsone as |
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Robert Cottrel as |
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Artūrs Kondrāts as |
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Māris Pūris as |
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Leo Hiršsons as |
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Agris Māsēns as |
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Anna Šteina as |
| Directing | Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. | Director |
| Camera | Andrejs Rudzāts | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Uldis Tīrons | Writer |
| Art | Ieva Romanova | Art Direction |
| Editing | Andra Doršs | Editor |
| Editing | Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. | Editor |
| Camera | Valdis Celmiņš | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kristīne Plūksna | Art Direction |
| Sound | Kārlis Auzāns | Music |
| Sound | Ernests Ansons | Sound Director |
| Writing | Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. | Writer |
| Production | Gints Grūbe | Producer |