The Mover (2018)
Žanis Lipke, an ordinary blue-collar worker in Latvia, embarks on a covert operation. Despite his family’s hardship under successive Soviet and German occupations, Lipke tries to save local Jews from Nazi persecution and certain death, moving them from the Riga ghetto to an underground bunker hidden on his property.
Director:
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Writers:
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr., Matīss Gricmanis.
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Artūrs Skrastiņš as Žanis Lipke |
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Ilze Blauberga as Johanna Lipke |
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Matīss Kipļuks as Zigis Lipke |
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Mihails Karasikovs as Smoļanskis |
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Toms Treinis as Šarja |
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Steffen Scheumann as Lēmans |
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Imants Erdmans as Vācu oficieris |
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Madara Paegļkalns as Mina |
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Arnis Ozols as Blūms |
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Henrijs Arājs as Alfrēds Lipke |
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Elza Alberiņa as Aina Lipke |
| Directing | Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. | Director |
| Writing | Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. | Screenplay |
| Writing | Matīss Gricmanis | Screenplay |
| Camera | Andrejs Rudzāts | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gints Grūbe | Producer |
| Production | Antra Gaile | Producer |
| Sound | Edgars Rubenis | Music Director |
| Sound | Vladimir Golovnitsky | Sound Director |
| Production | Māra Liniņa | Casting Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarmīte Balode | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ilze Krūmiņliepa | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Igors Verenieks | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Inese Boka-Grūbe | Associate Producer |
| Art | Kristīne Jurjāne | Art Direction |