
Acting
Līga Liepiņa
Born 1946-08-01 · Mazsalace, Latvian SSR, USSR
Acting credits
6.0Armīns, a carefree and self-centered young man, suddenly finds his life turned upside down when he becomes responsible for seven-year-old Zigis after the boy’s parents die in a tragic accident.
Dunduriņš
1974
No synopsis available yet.
Forgotten Things
1982
9.0In Riga and the surrounding resort region, Lieutenant Siliņš and his fiancée Aija are kept busy by a surge in daring car thefts. During a high-speed pursuit, Aija nearly catches the criminals, only to see them escape at the last moment—but not before recognizing one of the thieves as her eighteen-year-old brother, Juris. The situation grows even more complicated when the fugitives, hiding in a forest, become accidental witnesses to an attack on a young woman. Hoping to redeem himself in his sister’s eyes, Juris sets out to find the attacker on his own, with tragic consequences. As the investigation unfolds, the police must untangle a web of interconnected crimes.
Kad bremzes netur
1984
1.0Latvia, 1980s. While striving for achievements in the Soviet kolhoz competition, people have forgotten to take care of their surroundings and their loved ones. The Latvian countryside is overwhelmed by alcoholism, and the chairman of the kolhoz is keeping the newly built culture hub locked up so that public would not "spoil it". Vitolds, the new secretary of the Young Communist League is ready to combat all the negative issues. However, it's important to do everything with moderation, as otherwise one may fall from one side of a ditch to another.
It's Easy to Fall Into an Overgrown Ditch
1986
NRAfter his family was introduced on a national TV as a "perfect family", the son Robert has a hard time confronting all the lies related to this accidental fame.
My Family
1982
4.3Latvia in the 1920s. The enterprising Edgars Ceplis establishes a company to produce bricks from Latvian clay for export. Many are involved in his project, hoping for the huge profits the venture promises. Ceplis soon becomes infatuated with his office typist Austra Zīle and starts neglecting the business...
Ceplis
1972
6.0Riga, the 1930s. Oļģerts Kurmis, an educated unemployed, does all kinds of odd jobs. Together with his friend, vagrant Frīdis, they sometimes work for Mr. Kalnkāja who dreams of becoming a member of parliament. Kurmis feels responsible for his neighbour Emma, the young woman has just served a prison sentence for petty theft. He helps her to get a maid's position in the Kalnkāja household. While helping Kurmis and Frīdis with Kalnkāja's election posters, Emma is arrested again, this time for a "political offence".
My Wealthy Mistress
1969
NRThe hard work plays an important role in the personal growth of a runner.
The Warrior of the Queen
1970
8.0A businessman and a footballer are murdered before an important football match in Prague. Investigation has to be started.
The Game Is Taking Place Anyway
1985
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Touch
1974
NRA TV movie. The film features songs by Yu.Vizbor, V.Berkovsky, S.Nikitin.
Sea Gates
1974
NRThe events of the film take place in Latvia during the 1930s to the 1950s. Klinta, a young, poor, and naive villager, studies music in a nearby provincial Latvian town. Her meeting with the owner of a wealthy farm, Olavs, becomes fateful for the girl.
Defying Fate
1975
NRThe wounded Russian soldier Fyodor, risking his life, was sheltered on a Latvian farm by his grandfather and granddaughter. Ilga fell in love with him, but the war separated them. Fedor went to the partisans, and Ilga is killed by the Nazis. Only many years later Fedor came again. Here he meets a young woman very similar to Ilga.
Ilga-Ivolga
1974
6.4Cezars Kalnins installs telephones by day and composes pop songs by night. His band has a hard time receiving the permit from Soviet censorship authorities for a public debut. A member of the Culture Committee superficially listens to Cēzars' songs and deems the lyrics "unsuitable and frivolous” and "unfit for the Soviet youth”, and is later powerless to stop the grindstone of public debate, which she has herself initiated.
Four White Shirts
1967
NRThe son of Martins Viksna, the collective farm chairman, Klavs comes home from the military service and starts working in his native kolkhoz but does not understand his colleagues, so he goes to town.
Klavs - The Son of Martin
1970
6.0The film is about the fisherman Styopa, who alone survived the sinking of a fishing vessel.
Meldru mežs
1971
6.4When old auntie Mirta succeeds in a lottery and wins a car which she cannot use herself, all sorts of family members suddenly appear by her side, hoping to get the car after their auntie's death. Until then, they had never helped Mirta, it was only her neighbours who supported her in her old age. Now, her nephew Ēriks with his wife and son, and her ex-daughter-in-law Olita with her second husband and daughter, would all love to get their hands on the car that's in the colour of Midsummer's Eve.
A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve
1982
5.0The story of middle-aged Japanese woman Keiko, who has been living in a shell for decades due to a family tragedy in Kobe. The modest act of eating and the sensations it gives us provided Keiko a lifeline to survive. Unwillingly, she joins a group of Japanese women traveling to Northern Europe to participate in a kimono show in the fairytale-like art nouveau world of Riga. During her performance, Keiko suddenly comes face to face with her husband, who disappeared twenty years ago and now wants to read-dress their relationship and who Keiko has become.
Magic Kimono
2017
NRA TV documentary about Latvian actor Uldis Pūcītis, featuring fragments from many of his films ("Swap Treader", "Four White Shirts" and others), as well as stories by people who knew him - actors and directors, former lovers and classmates.
Purva bridējs - Uldis Pūcītis
2020
7.0Head of the CID and his colleagues are investigating a serious crime but the main witnesses are of no help.
Three Days of Reflection
1982
Two ladies arrive at a small inn for a date after a marriage announcement. The prospective bride, Vineta, has a prestigious position, but is not doing well in her private life. Her subordinate Ulla, on the other hand, believes that a modern woman should be free and independent. The women are in for a bit of a disappointment - the man they have chosen, Viktor, has turned up to the meeting in a tracksuit.
Tiritomba jeb Zelta zivtiņa
2003
The life journey of Justīne, a country girl, through the years of World War II to the position of chairwoman of a collective farm.
Trīs minūšu lidojums
1980
NRIn a house soon to be demolished lives a little girl. When her mother dies, she is forced to look for shelter at the side of a man, the only one still left in the house. He is a strange, somber man with his only companions being two endlessly trustworthy dogs - Monk and Prince.
Suņu vīrs un Tille
2002