
Directing
Ēriks Lācis
Born — Died
1938-06-28 — 2005-06-26
Place of birth
Madona, Latvijas Republika
Known for
Directing
Credits
18 titles
Known for
NRScreenwriter Vasiliev became interested in the fate of Lapinsh, the former captain of the supertrawler "Malachite." Lapinsh was removed from his position and stripped of his captain’s license after an accident that occurred more than six months ago—the supertrawler "Malachite" ran aground. The case was examined by the court. In search of the truth, Vasiliev followed the trail of these dramatic events...
Stranded
1988
NRA story of a Latvian journalist spying for USSR in Spain during the civil war.
Spanish Version
1980
8.5A group of people get cut off from the rest of the world during a snowstorm.
Apbraucamais ceļš
1987
5.2A young boy finds a watch with an engraving in Spanish saying that the watch belongs to Captain Enrico, and adventures begin...
Captain Enrico's Watch
1967
8.0In German-occupied Latvia in 1943, two partisans are tasked with blowing up a railway bridge. When one of them is seriously wounded, railway worker Ozols refuses to help him, persuaded by his wife, and the partisan dies. His surviving comrade hides near the embankment, preparing to destroy the bridge, but just before detonating the explosives, he sees Ozols’s little daughter nearby.
Uzbērums
1970
7.5The times of serfdom in Latvia. Brothers Tom, Michelis and Andris, driven to despair by the cruelty of the Dormuizh landowner, decide to start a liberation struggle. Tom and Michelis go into the forest and tame a wolf pack there. Taking advantage of the folk legend that a person can turn into a werewolf and live in his guise, the brothers intend to fight the German barons with the help of a wolf pack controlled by them and a messenger Andris, who has remained in the village for the time being...
Werewolf Tom
1984
Behind the camera
NRScreenwriter Vasiliev became interested in the fate of Lapinsh, the former captain of the supertrawler "Malachite." Lapinsh was removed from his position and stripped of his captain’s license after an accident that occurred more than six months ago—the supertrawler "Malachite" ran aground. The case was examined by the court. In search of the truth, Vasiliev followed the trail of these dramatic events...
Stranded
1988
NRA story of a Latvian journalist spying for USSR in Spain during the civil war.
Spanish Version
1980
8.5A group of people get cut off from the rest of the world during a snowstorm.
Apbraucamais ceļš
1987
5.2A young boy finds a watch with an engraving in Spanish saying that the watch belongs to Captain Enrico, and adventures begin...
Captain Enrico's Watch
1967
8.0In German-occupied Latvia in 1943, two partisans are tasked with blowing up a railway bridge. When one of them is seriously wounded, railway worker Ozols refuses to help him, persuaded by his wife, and the partisan dies. His surviving comrade hides near the embankment, preparing to destroy the bridge, but just before detonating the explosives, he sees Ozols’s little daughter nearby.
Uzbērums
1970
7.5The times of serfdom in Latvia. Brothers Tom, Michelis and Andris, driven to despair by the cruelty of the Dormuizh landowner, decide to start a liberation struggle. Tom and Michelis go into the forest and tame a wolf pack there. Taking advantage of the folk legend that a person can turn into a werewolf and live in his guise, the brothers intend to fight the German barons with the help of a wolf pack controlled by them and a messenger Andris, who has remained in the village for the time being...
Werewolf Tom
1984
7.5The times of serfdom in Latvia. Brothers Tom, Michelis and Andris, driven to despair by the cruelty of the Dormuizh landowner, decide to start a liberation struggle. Tom and Michelis go into the forest and tame a wolf pack there. Taking advantage of the folk legend that a person can turn into a werewolf and live in his guise, the brothers intend to fight the German barons with the help of a wolf pack controlled by them and a messenger Andris, who has remained in the village for the time being...
Werewolf Tom
1984
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
7.0A dramatic narrative about the first infatuation and disappointment, love and disbelief, crime and punishment. The hero of the film, Nok, having survived the betrayal of his beloved, forever, it would seem, loses faith in love and devotion. However, meeting with young Gelli, staying together in difficult conditions and constantly threatening danger, make them get closer, understand and love each other.
A Hundred Versts Along the River
1990
3.8To catch a couple of car thieves, a policewoman goes undercover as an old woman that recently has gotten a luxury car "Volga" - a plan that is bound to attract the criminals. For how hard can it be to steal a car from an old woman?
Gift for a Single Woman
1973
NRA strong-willed, energetic woman who has earned the deepest respect and authority through her work, but is unhappy in her family life.
Family Album
1978
NRA group of young Latvian boys enroll to a pioneers movement during the first years after WWII.
Boys from Liv Island
1969
NRA group of young Latvian boys enroll to a pioneers movement during the first years after WWII.
Boys from Liv Island
1969
NRIn 1944, as Soviet forces establish control over parts of Latvia, Antons Paipala returns from the front to his native parish and becomes its first Communist Party organiser. As fighting with the forest brothers continues and the new Soviet order takes shape, Antons finds himself caught between political duty and family loyalty.
Fronte tēva pagalmā
1984
NRIn 1944, as Soviet forces establish control over parts of Latvia, Antons Paipala returns from the front to his native parish and becomes its first Communist Party organiser. As fighting with the forest brothers continues and the new Soviet order takes shape, Antons finds himself caught between political duty and family loyalty.
Fronte tēva pagalmā
1984
6.0The film is about the fisherman Styopa, who alone survived the sinking of a fishing vessel.
Meldru mežs
1971
8.0A fishing vessel has been at sea in the Atlantic for six months when tragedy strikes its crew. Captain Arvīds receives devastating news that his young daughter has died after surgery, while young sailor Juris, on his first voyage to earn money for a car, is shattered by a telegram from his newlywed wife telling him she no longer wants him to return home. As grief, loneliness, and despair close in far from shore, the men are forced to confront the emotional toll of life at sea.
Under the Upturned Moon
1976
8.0A fishing vessel has been at sea in the Atlantic for six months when tragedy strikes its crew. Captain Arvīds receives devastating news that his young daughter has died after surgery, while young sailor Juris, on his first voyage to earn money for a car, is shattered by a telegram from his newlywed wife telling him she no longer wants him to return home. As grief, loneliness, and despair close in far from shore, the men are forced to confront the emotional toll of life at sea.
Under the Upturned Moon
1976
