Regīna Razuma

Acting

Regīna Razuma

Born — Died

1951-09-22 — 2023-05-14

Place of birth

Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Regīna Razuma (born Regīna Vesere; September 22, 1951 – May 14, 2023) was a Latvian actress and ballerina. Razuma was born into a large family in Riga on 22 September 1951. In 1968, she graduated from the Riga Choreographic School. From 1968 to 1974, Razuma was a ballerina of the Daile State Song and Dance Ensemble. In 1971, she began acting in films. She retired as a ballerina in 1975. From 1975 to 1978 she studied at the People's Film Actor Studio at the Riga Film Studio. In 1982, she graduated from the acting department of the theater department of the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. From 1980 to 1992 she was an actress at the Dailes Theatre. From 1992 to 2023, she was an actres…

Known for

The Good Neighbor poster
6.7

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.

The Good Neighbor

2022

A Dog Who Could Sing poster
5.0

Many adventures befell a beautiful dog named Michael. He was stolen and sold many times, he lived with both kind and cruel owners, and even performed in the circus arena. And so, during his difficult wanderings, Michael falls into the hands of a lonely sailor, Doug, who, at the risk of losing his job, takes the dog with him.

A Dog Who Could Sing

1991

Do Not Leave... poster
6.9

A fairytale about the Princess, the Musician, the Chancellor and a blue rose which forces everyone to tell the truth.

Do Not Leave...

1989

Agency poster
7.0

A Latvian series shot by the team at Jaunais Rīgas Teātris / New Riga Theatre over the course of summer 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. It's a story about a world that once again changes rapidly. About the belief that everything on this planet is subject to manipulation. The series centers around an advertising agency - a classic office where professionalism mixes with boredom, romance and an existential tiredness.

Agency

2020

The Tales of the Old Wizard poster
NR

A princess is born to the king and queen of a fairy-tale kingdom. The wicked witch, who resents not having been invited to the princess's birthday party, curses her: on the day the princess turns 16, she will be pricked by the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into eternal sleep. The king orders that all spinning wheels in the kingdom be destroyed and the number 16 be taken out of use. However, a young traveling prince arrives, bringing a curse with him.

The Tales of the Old Wizard

1985

Mainai poster
10.0

Feature film based on a short story by Yuri Trifonov.

Mainai

1979

Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 2 titles

2000s · 8 titles

I'm In Love With Your Daughter! poster
6.0

A young guy from impoverished family moves to the big city and by unlikely chance falls in love with a girl who has a wealthy father. When planning their wedding, he asks his father-in-law for a significant amount of money and decides to keep a part of it for himself. To have the wedding on the cheap, he hires inexperienced wedding organizers and asks them to make it look as posh as possible for the low cost. His plan ultimately backfires when the organizers overdo it.

I'm In Love With Your Daughter!

2004

Bitter Wine poster
NR

Donats is a modern-day Don Juan juggling the various women in his life seemingly without any consequences, until he falls in love with Agnese. Her husband, Ralfs, turns out to be a formidable opponent.

Bitter Wine

2007

Nazis and Blondes poster
6.0

Veteran actors from the 3 Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - gather at a castle in Latvia to receive awards for their roles as Nazi villains in propagandist Soviet war films. They reminisce about the films that made them famous throughout the USSR, but also stigmatized the Baltic countries as Nazi sympathizers in the eyes of many Russians - a misconception that is nowadays exploited by the Russian media, desperate to label the Baltic countries as a fascist haven.

Nazis and Blondes

2008

The Stumble poster
NR

Late in a winter evening an amateur walker with his pals takes a short cut through a spooky cemetery. Everything would be fine except he stumbles. He wakes up in strange, haunted place, where time and space have lost the boundaries.

The Stumble

2001

Leaving by the way poster
10.0

A tale about a nine-year old boy's relationship with the world around him, shot in one of Latvia's poorest and most beautiful regions - Latgale

Leaving by the way

2001

Amateur poster
2.0

For Victor, a bright but bored journalism student, the summer comes with bad news – his girlfriend Yvette is leaving for art school in Amsterdam. Victor desperately wants to go with her to live the bohemian life, but he has just three months to raise some money. He turns to a dangerous business to fulfil his dream

Amateur

2008

Happy Birthday, Sofka! poster
NR

It's Sofka's birthday and she gets a lamp which is the beginning of her dream. But there's a misunderstanding and someone takes Sofka’s lamp away. Because of a friend’s principles of justice, Sofka winds up in a criminal situation.

Happy Birthday, Sofka!

2009

Wedding poster
10.0

Wedding rituals and a love triangle.

Wedding

2000

1990s · 4 titles

1980s · 15 titles

Do Not Leave... poster
6.9

A fairytale about the Princess, the Musician, the Chancellor and a blue rose which forces everyone to tell the truth.

Do Not Leave...

1989

Rocky Road poster
NR

Based on the popular novel of the same title by Vilis Lācis. Latvia, the 1930s. Roberts Līviņš, the son of a dockhand, becomes an architect by his own efforts, thanks to arduous work and talent. But in his relationship with Līvija, the daughter of the rich entrepreneur Ulpe, Roberts realizes that the high society might look down on his common origins as well as his sister Alise, a hairdresser, and her boyfriend Ēriks, an opportunist and former boxer.

Rocky Road

1983

Lurich poster
7.2

Georg Lurich was a world-famous Estonian professional wrestler in the early 1900-s who became a legend already in his lifetime. He was called not only the world's best technique-wrestler but he was also a sports-philosopher, health and temperance activist, an efficient sports manager, a talent in acting, writing and chess, a "world's citizen" who spoke more than ten languages and an athlete with enormous popularity. At least 14 wrestling clubs in Europe and USA carried his name. This film is an unpretentious attempt to recall that unique man, the first world-famous Estonian.

Lurich

1984

In the Time of the Law of the Wolf poster
8.0

The love story of Liza Pesentak and the fearless patriot Melelave, who will go through a series of various trials before they find their happiness.

In the Time of the Law of the Wolf

1986

Requiem poster
8.0

When the frontline extends over Estonia in the summer of 1944, the pilots of a shot down Soviet airplane come to ask for help at a farm where organ builder Jaan lives with his kids.

Requiem

1984

Unfamiliar Case poster
6.0

A young girl is looking for her long lost father while visiting Riga during winter vacations.

Unfamiliar Case

1985

To Remember or to Forget poster
9.0

Nina and Nikolai Jansoni seem to have everything: successful careers, a comfortable home and a car. When Nina gives birth despite doctors’ warnings, a tragic mix-up leads her to believe that her baby has died. Afraid to tell her husband the truth, she accepts another child as her own. When the mistake is eventually uncovered, Nina rejects her biological child, who is taken in by a nurse, Inta. Years later, her dormant maternal feelings awaken, and Nina sets out to reclaim the child she once gave up.

To Remember or to Forget

1981

The Gang poster
7.0

Paul Madvig is a businessman in an American town in the 1920s, doing everything to maintain his power. He plans to marry Janet, the daughter of senator Ralph Henry who must be re-elected in order to ensure Paul's position. Paul is sure of himself and treats his competitor Shad O'Rory, who is involved in the gambling business, with arrogance. Then the senator's son is murdered. It is rumoured that Paul is behind the murder. Private detective Ned Beaumont, an old friend of Paul's, starts to investigate the case. Based on the novel "The Glass Key" by Dashiell Hammett.

The Gang

1986

Three Days of Reflection poster
7.0

Head of the CID and his colleagues are investigating a serious crime but the main witnesses are of no help.

Three Days of Reflection

1982

The Coincidence of Circumstance poster
6.0

Young actress Veronika Berga is waiting for her big break while earning a living dubbing animated films. When her little daughter Vita suddenly falls ill and is admitted to hospital, a colleague advises Veronika to seek the help of renowned specialist Professor Nikolajs Jansons. Desperate to secure the best care for her child, Veronika poses as a journalist and finds a way to approach the professor, hoping to persuade him to examine Vita.

The Coincidence of Circumstance

1988

No artwork available
NR

When a prominent journalist, Jorgensen, is murdered, a West German newspaper assigns its leading reporter, Lobenstein, to investigate the case. As he follows the trail left by his dead colleague, Lobenstein discovers that the murder is closely connected to the subject of Jorgensen’s final journalistic investigation. Determined to uncover the truth, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous mystery where the story may be far more consequential than it first appeared.

Last Reportage

1986

Fairy-Tales of an Old Magician poster
6.6

A princess is born to the king and queen of a fairy-tale kingdom. The wicked witch, who resents not having been invited to the princess's birthday party, curses her: on the day the princess turns 16, she will be pricked by the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into eternal sleep. The king orders that all spinning wheels in the kingdom be destroyed and the number 16 be taken out of use. However, a young traveling prince arrives, bringing a curse with him.

Fairy-Tales of an Old Magician

1984

Closed Circle poster
8.0

In a small Swedish town, the murder of Frome, the owner of a public relations research firm, takes place. A day later, his friend Touraine, the police commissioner leading the investigation, is killed...

Closed Circle

1983

The Right to Shot poster
8.0

Adventurous movie about a fight between Soviet border patrol and foreign spy ship.

The Right to Shot

1981

Dear Life poster
NR

A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life's work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia of Latvian life, a poetic reflection of the knowledge of life accumulated over the centuries. The film is based on Krišjānis Barons' life during late 1800s and early 1900s – his childhood and youth in Latvia, studies and work in St. Petersburg and other places in Russia, his relationship with his faithful wife Dārta, and the awakening of the Latvian self-awareness.

Dear Life

1989

1970s · 6 titles

Mainai poster
10.0

Feature film based on a short story by Yuri Trifonov.

Mainai

1979

Maritime Climates poster
NR

The colourful musical comedy Maritime Climates could have been a triumph of smart political satire – if people in positions of power hadn’t got worried by the rushes they saw, which lead them to terminate the production. In 1992, Rolands Kalniņš made this edit of the remaining material – an elegy to lost hopes and illusions.

Maritime Climates

1974

Ceplis poster
4.2

Latvia 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

The Arrows of Robin Hood poster
6.4

With a traditional archery contest, the winner wins a silver arrow with gold lace and gold feathers. Even Robin Hood, although unrecognizable, takes part in this competition. As more and more participants are losing and Robin Hood eventually wins the award, his masquerade reveals. For none of the participants is as handy with a bow and an arrow like Robin Hood. With the help of his coolness and his friends Robin Hood may escape the dangerous situation.

The Arrows of Robin Hood

1976

Wait for the «John Grafton» poster
NR

At the beginning of the summer of 1905, representatives of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party Krasilnikov and Elkonen turned to Captain Zhanis Trautman, a Latvian political emigrant living on the outskirts of London, with a proposal to lead a steamer with a cargo of weapons to the shores of Russia. Having recruited a team of old and tried comrades, Trautman changes the crew of an English cargo ship bought by the front men. In the course of the squabble that arose on this occasion, a sailor of the old crew, David Blake, was stabbed. The wounded Blake and the veterinarian Gruber, who accompanied the cargo of anthrax drugs, are forced to leave on board. On the high seas, weapons and explosives were loaded on board. The steamer headed for the Oresund Strait, where a messenger was to meet him.

Wait for the «John Grafton»

1979

The Tale of Two Soldiers poster
NR

1943. WWII. Senior Sergeant Maksudov and his contact Zakirov, who were captured, manage to escape from Germany to Bulgaria. But here Zakirov ends up in prison, and Maksudov manages to escape from the chase and join the Bulgarian partisans.

The Tale of Two Soldiers

1976

Series credits

A Dog Who Could Sing poster
5.0

Many adventures befell a beautiful dog named Michael. He was stolen and sold many times, he lived with both kind and cruel owners, and even performed in the circus arena. And so, during his difficult wanderings, Michael falls into the hands of a lonely sailor, Doug, who, at the risk of losing his job, takes the dog with him.

A Dog Who Could Sing

1991

Agency poster
7.0

A Latvian series shot by the team at Jaunais Rīgas Teātris / New Riga Theatre over the course of summer 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. It's a story about a world that once again changes rapidly. About the belief that everything on this planet is subject to manipulation. The series centers around an advertising agency - a classic office where professionalism mixes with boredom, romance and an existential tiredness.

Agency

2020

The Tales of the Old Wizard poster
NR

A princess is born to the king and queen of a fairy-tale kingdom. The wicked witch, who resents not having been invited to the princess's birthday party, curses her: on the day the princess turns 16, she will be pricked by the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into eternal sleep. The king orders that all spinning wheels in the kingdom be destroyed and the number 16 be taken out of use. However, a young traveling prince arrives, bringing a curse with him.

The Tales of the Old Wizard

1985

Tapers poster
NR

The path of the main character to the tops of creative work is a chain of victories and losses, in which gains and irretrievable losses alternate.

Tapers

1989

Archie & Nellie, or How to Improve the Quality of Your Life and Live up to 100 Years poster
NR

A comedy in six series about two lonely seniors, Archie and Nellie, who try to keep finding new challenges and pleasures in life.

Archie & Nellie, or How to Improve the Quality of Your Life and Live up to 100 Years

2021

Unfinished Dinner poster
NR

In one of the prestigious restaurants during banquet speech a large company's director Palmgren is killed in front of dozen guests . Case is lead by Criminal Investigation Officer Pierre Monson with his assistants. Suspect can be easily intercepted if only miserably lazy police officers Kvant and Kristiansson instead of catching criminal would not argue with father of little 3 years old boy who yelled: "Police, police, mashed potatoes" when they ate hot dogs. Help comes from capital in form of the famous Commissioner Martin Beck, who discovers that murdered industrialist was involved in illegal activities and had many enemies. The case is linked as well with government's "higher ends".

Unfinished Dinner

1979

Wait for the «John Grafton» poster
8.0

At the beginning of the summer of 1905, representatives of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party Krasilnikov and Elkonen turned to Captain Zhanis Trautman, a Latvian political emigrant living on the outskirts of London, with a proposal to lead a steamer with a cargo of weapons to the shores of Russia. Having recruited a team of old and tried comrades, Trautman changes the crew of an English cargo ship bought by the front men. In the course of the squabble that arose on this occasion, a sailor of the old crew, David Blake, was stabbed. The wounded Blake and the veterinarian Gruber, who accompanied the cargo of anthrax drugs, are forced to leave on board. On the high seas, weapons and explosives were loaded on board. The steamer headed for the Oresund Strait, where a messenger was to meet him.

Wait for the «John Grafton»

1981