
Acting
Astrīda Kairiša
Born 1941-04-08 · Riga, Latvia
Astrid Kairiša (born April 8, 1941 in Riga) was a Latvian actress. Born in a family of workers. Sister - Ballet Dancer Digna Kairiša. Graduated from Riga 28th Secondary School (1960). In 1961, the first cinema at the Riga Film Studio "Pieviltie". In 1962 graduated from Daile Theater 3rd study. Subsequently, he worked at the Liepāja Theater until 1968. Since 1968 he has been working at the Latvian National Theater. Mainly depicted in tragedies and dramas. Kairiša also depicted the cinema. The role of the Latvian SSR State Prize in the 1976 film "Lake Sonone". Has been married to actor and director Kārlis Auškāpu. Son Karl Auschap. From Wikipedia (lv), the free encyclopedia
Acting credits
4.0Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian literature Rainis, "Put, vejini" tells a story of an unconventional love that blossoms between the handsome, wealthy and impetuous merchant Uldis and the timid, humble and clear-hearted orphan Baiba.
Blow, Wind!
1973
6.5Valdemārs 'Voldis' Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to persuade Voldis to forget the past and move on. But when the crime boss Teksis proposes a plan to rob a jewelry store, Voldis agrees, thinking this will be his last crime before starting a new life.
To Be Unwanted
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Strange Moonlight
1987
NR1917. In Petrograd, a young Latvian boy Jezups signs up to work for the revolution and is sent to central Russia to show films and campaign for joining the Red Army. Jezups is a naive idealist and would rather not touch weapons at all, but life destroys his belief that it is possible to do without violence. In the end, Jezups is forced to understand that the ideals of the revolution must be defended not only with a film projector, but also with a machine gun.
Shoot in My Place
1971
5.5Doctor Rūdolfs spends time at his country cottage, and there he meets teacher Laura - a mother of two children whose husband is in prison. Rūdolfs rescues Laura's daughter, Zaiga, who is sick, befriends her son, Maris, and falls in love with Laura, but she desperately struggles with her feelings of responsibility towards her family.
Lake Sonata
1976
6.8A love triangle - a terminally ill university teacher, a blind girl and a young bard. In the background of it all - the wild arrival of the capitalism, political conflicts, city life and the beautiful nature of Latvia. In the end love will conquer everything, though not everybody will live to witness that.
The Mills of Fate
1997
5.6The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia. Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Alexander, and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia. In her fight against cold, famine and cruelty, she only gains new strength through the letters she writes to Alexander, full of hope for a free Latvia and a better tomorrow.
The Chronicles of Melanie
2016
9.5After becoming a teacher, Janis Lazdan returns to his native village in Latgale. In Novie Gudani, he sees black cassocks everywhere. Nuns sit at the bedside of his sick mother. The girl he loves, Lienite, is dressed in the black habit of a novice. Anton, Janis' childhood friend, has become a priest. A struggle begins between Janis and Anton, a subtle psychologist, over Andris, a sickly boy who is extremely impressionable and gifted. Janis understands that the power of the church lies in the indifference of non-believers. He believes in his own strength and love for his loved ones.
Pieviltie
1961
4.9Little Littlefinger's evil stepmother exploits him amd makes his life very hard, so the little shepherd boy decides to leave home and seek happiness in the world outside. There little Littlefinger meets the Wind Mother, Forest Mother and a little old man on his way. Each of them gives him a chore to do that earns him a gift with magical power, which comes in handy when he has to defeat Scrooges, Lop-Eared Man and the Devil himself. While traveling in the world and looking for happiness, he realises he misses his grandmother and little sister...
Littlefinger
1987
After spending her entire life in the family farmhouse “Cīrulīši,” Zelma is faced with the painful prospect of leaving her home and moving in with one of her children. As the family gathers at the house, long-standing personal and everyday problems come to the surface: her son Elmārs, a newspaper journalist from Riga, and his wife Gundega, a successful researcher; her son Raimonds, the chairman of a neighboring collective farm; and her daughter, a doctor who lives nearby. Deeply concerned for her children and reluctant to leave the home that has shaped her life, Zelma struggles to come to terms with the changes ahead.
Cīrulīši
1980
The teacher tells the children about her childhood. About how, during the war, she accidentally ended up in a partisan detachment, and how partisan Artur saved her life. The partisan detachment was routed. Artur, apparently, was also killed. Yana finds only his lighter by the stream.
He's Alive
1963
5.0Based on the real letters of Veronika, a young girl in partizans squad during WWII.
Letters for the Living
1965
6.0A 38-year-old teacher Anna in a small town is longing to have a child. The opportunity arises when she meets a cargo driver who travels through her town. He turns out to be married with a child in another town, so Anna doesn't wish to pursue the relationship, but the man is ready to change the course of his life.
Vakara variants
1980
4.5Baron Karl Ludwig von Oster, the owner of a giant concern, one of the industrial magnates of Germany, convicted at the Nuremberg trials, was released by the American military administration and is now testing new weapons. The film is based on a judicial duel between a war criminal and journalist Ingrid Kuhn, the daughter of Professor Peter Kuhn, who paid with his life to prevent Auster from getting atomic weapons into his hands...
Identification
1974
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
No synopsis available yet.
Pūt, vējiņi! Filmas arheoloģija
2013
5.2A man sees his picture on a 'Most Wanted' board and after going to police he meets someone who looks suspiciously similar to him.
The Double
1986
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Tauriņdeja
1972
3.0On his 18th birthday, Māris receives a motorcycle from his parents, and, while driving around with his friends, they pass a wedding car. The bride, Inese, is entering a loveless marriage, so she allows Māris to steal her from the wedding reception.
Motorcycle Summer
1975
7.0The elderly nursing home residents for years feel worthless and troublesome. But then a crazy idea strikes them - to waive their pensions and enroll in the army as volunteers thus saving the country from financial crisis and spending excitingly the last years of their lives. The oldies are wise enough at organizing this event and now real adventures begin.
Then It's Hi! Hi! Hee!
2014