Gunārs Piesis
Directing
Biography
Gunārs Piesis represents the first generation of professionally schooled Latvian directors. Piesis was the first one to dare to adapt Rainis for the screen. Gunārs Piesis was also the first to turn to Latvian fairy-tales
Known For
A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.
In the Shadow of Death
A film about the intertwined fates of ordinary students and the artists of a youth theatre.
Kārkli pelēkie zied
Little Littlefinger's evil stepmother exploits him amd makes his life very hard, so the little shepherd boy decides to leave home and seek happiness in the world outside. There little Littlefinger meets the Wind Mother, Forest Mother and a little old man on his way. Each of them gives him a chore to do that earns him a gift with magical power, which comes in handy when he has to defeat Scrooges, Lop-Eared Man and the Devil himself. While traveling in the world and looking for happiness, he realises he misses his grandmother and little sister...
Littlefinger
A film based on novels by Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts tells a story about Latvian peasants around the 16th/17th century when they were under the role of several other countries.
Laikmetu griežos
A Latvian fairy-tale film based on Anna Brigadere’s classic play. It follows two stepsisters: gentle, hardworking Maija and spoiled, idle Paija whose trials in the underworld reveal their true natures, with rewards and consequences to match.
Maija and Paija
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Your Son
Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian literature Rainis, "Put, vejini" tells a story of an unconventional love that blossoms between the handsome, wealthy and impetuous merchant Uldis and the timid, humble and clear-hearted orphan Baiba.
Blow, Wind!
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The Game
Philosophical reflections on life and death, the continuity of life on earth, and the memories we cherish and preserve of those who have passed away. The documentary film shows post-war Latvia in ruins.
Memory of the Land
Relations of two sportsmen who often forget that they are not the only ones in the stadium.
Male Games in the Open Air
A TV film with texts by Vizma Belševica about the fishermen of Salacgrīva. The film was banned and considered lost, but it has been preserved.
Salacgrīva
Riga — an industrial city. A glimpse of the exhibition at the Art Museum, the "Pionieris" cinema, and the restaurant views.
Taking a new step
Marcis Seglins, a retired factory craftsman finds a new hobby - training young workers.
Nowhere Else To Go
A film about parks in Riga and their historical past and present.