Ēriks Lācis

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

Stranded poster
NR

Screenwriter 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

Spanish Version poster
NR

A story of a Latvian journalist spying for USSR in Spain during the civil war.

Spanish Version

1980

Apbraucamais ceļš poster
8.5

A group of people get cut off from the rest of the world during a snowstorm.

Apbraucamais ceļš

1987

Captain Enrico's Watch poster
5.2

A 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

Uzbērums poster
8.0

In 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

Werewolf Tom poster
7.5

The 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

Stranded poster
NR

Screenwriter 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

Spanish Version poster
NR

A story of a Latvian journalist spying for USSR in Spain during the civil war.

Spanish Version

1980

Apbraucamais ceļš poster
8.5

A group of people get cut off from the rest of the world during a snowstorm.

Apbraucamais ceļš

1987

Captain Enrico's Watch poster
5.2

A 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

Uzbērums poster
8.0

In 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

Werewolf Tom poster
7.5

The 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

Werewolf Tom poster
7.5

The 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

Defying Fate poster
NR

The 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

A Hundred Versts Along the River poster
7.0

A 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

Gift for a Single Woman poster
3.8

To 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

Family Album poster
NR

A 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

Boys from Liv Island poster
NR

A group of young Latvian boys enroll to a pioneers movement during the first years after WWII.

Boys from Liv Island

1969

Boys from Liv Island poster
NR

A group of young Latvian boys enroll to a pioneers movement during the first years after WWII.

Boys from Liv Island

1969

Fronte tēva pagalmā poster
NR

In 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

Fronte tēva pagalmā poster
NR

In 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

Meldru mežs poster
6.0

The film is about the fisherman Styopa, who alone survived the sinking of a fishing vessel.

Meldru mežs

1971

Under the Upturned Moon poster
8.0

A 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

Under the Upturned Moon poster
8.0

A 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