Pēteris Trups

Three hapless “rescuers” respond to surreal or everyday problems.

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.

Prop & Berta is the story of a friendship between a little stout man and a big and proud cow, who are able to talk to each other. Together they confront an ugly and evil witch who is determined to get rid of them because they have moved into a house on the edge of her wood. The witch hates neighbours and through magic and evil planning she turns Prop and Berta's friends, the Teeny burpers, into dangerous hoodlums who begin to terrorize the nearby town. Prop and Berta manage to overcome the witch and turn her into a good person, restoring peace in the little town and breaking the spell which binds their friends.

Three men, Bembelats, Sīlinks, and Poteriks, work at the Opera, each in their own profession. Due to various comical, but for the men tragic, events, the guys are fired from their jobs. What should they do now? Their thoughts are interrupted by the desperate cries of a child. Without thinking twice, the men rush to save the child. This is how the Emergency Brigade is formed.

One owner takes great pride and care in his private lawn. One day he sees a mushroom growing there. The mushrooms are growing and there is no stopping them. The owner calls the Emergency Brigade, which arrives immediately and gets to work.

A young couple walks down the street. The wife talks and talks, without looking at her husband. When she finally looks, it turns out that the husband has disappeared. There is a big hole nearby, so he has fallen in. Panic sets in and the Emergency Brigade is called. Rescue work can begin underground.

Ten year old Sancho arrives to Leningrad and starts looking for friends.

A bearded man decides to take the serious step of removing his beard. But the manly wonder, carefully cultivated over the years, turns out to be so wildly thick that ordinary barber's tools cannot shorten it, let alone remove it altogether.The bewildered man calls the Emergency Brigade, and the three dashing lads do their best to fulfil the bearded man's dream of becoming beardless by any means imaginable. In the end, the desired effect is achieved - the man's face shines like a crescent moon... The only "but" is that his new look doesn't suit him at all. To save the day, the guys of the Emergency Brigade find a clever solution...

Munk and Lemmy's life is, as always, full of surprises. This time, their adventures involve an unusually large and equally unusually hard nut. How do you crack the shell to taste the delicious kernel?

A humorous puppet animation short by the idiosyncratic animation studio "Animācijas brigāde". It's morning in the forest, the Tiger and the Bird are waking up, but their usual morning routine gets interrupted by a misunderstanding that leads them down an eventful path along with all the other animals that happen to get in their way...

Christmas is also coming to the Emergency Brigade House. Silink, Potterick and Bembelat's preparations for a nice evening are interrupted by another call. But you can't refuse a desperate mother whose children are waiting for Father Christmas.

The bank's working hours are over and its director closes the door, not noticing that thieves are hiding behind it. The thieves manage to break into the safe and have the money in their hands when the security grille falls down. The thieves call the emergency services and the operation to free them can begin.

Little Tigercrus has had enough of the carrots his mother gives him and goes in search of new treats. His mother follows him and gets trapped in a tree cavity, and as always Munch and his friend Lemmy come to the rescue...

A father goes to work in the morning, leaving his young son at home. The boy decides to take care of the birds he sees in the backyard, which he thinks have no real home. He builds a birdhouse and eventually the birds flock to his caring owner's backyard garden. When the parents return home in the evening, they find that the previously quiet and peaceful mansion is surrounded not only by birds but by a veritable garden of beasts...

This time, the Emergency Brigade's rescue operation takes place in a local hospital, where one of the brigade's dashing boys, Bembelāts, is unexpectedly admitted. His diagnosis is seemingly simple - a cold, or more precisely, a severe runny nose - but he has to experience first-hand the latest medical advances. This continues until... he is rescued from the over-care of the medical profession by his colleagues to discover the old truth: treat or no treat, a runny nose will eventually go away anyway...

Three men from the Emergency Brigade help a popular artist get out of the mess he has gotten himself into while working on a new painting. The source of all the trouble is glue. The glue is so sticky that everything sticks to it, including the artist himself. The result is a new, fantastic work of art.

Story about a poor orphan Dauka.

Based on Heinrich Heine’s poem, this film traces humanity’s longing for beauty and fulfilment, as expressed through a song about the legendary island of Bimini and its magical well whose waters revive a person’s strength and youth.

A homeless New York man (looking very much like Charlie Chaplin) dreams about getting himself a warm room and food, and tries various things to fulfill his dream - yet something always goes wrong.

The men of the Emergency Brigade attend a piano concert by a famous pianist, but unfortunately they have to get down to work here too. As a result, the concert is cancelled and the audience is treated to the sound of a harp being bent.