Gunārs Piesis

Directing

Gunārs Piesis

Born — Died

1931-06-19 — 1996-02-09

Place of birth

Latvia

Known for

Directing

Credits

18 titles

Gunārs Piesis represents the first generation of professionally schooled Latvian directors. Piesis was the first one to dare to adapt Rainis for the screen. Gunārs Piesis was also the first to turn to Latvian fairy-tales

Known for

Your Son poster
7.0

Architecture student Valdis is preparing to leave his pregnant girlfriend, who refuses to end the pregnancy. At the same time, his mother, respected doctor Vitrupe, hopes to marry hydroelectric engineer Korolyov, but Valdis cannot accept the idea of another man entering her life.

Your Son

1978

Little Tom Thumb poster
4.9

Tom Thumb'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 Tom Thumb 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...

Little Tom Thumb

1987

Blow, Wind! poster
4.0

Based 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

In the Shadow of Death poster
6.2

A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.

In the Shadow of Death

1972

No artwork available
NR

Marcis Seglins, a retired factory craftsman finds a new hobby - training young workers.

Nowhere Else To Go

1964

Kārkli pelēkie zied poster
8.0

A film about the intertwined fates of ordinary students and the artists of a youth theatre.

Kārkli pelēkie zied

1961

Behind the camera

Your Son poster
7.0

Architecture student Valdis is preparing to leave his pregnant girlfriend, who refuses to end the pregnancy. At the same time, his mother, respected doctor Vitrupe, hopes to marry hydroelectric engineer Korolyov, but Valdis cannot accept the idea of another man entering her life.

Your Son

1978

Little Tom Thumb poster
4.9

Tom Thumb'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 Tom Thumb 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...

Little Tom Thumb

1987

Little Tom Thumb poster
4.9

Tom Thumb'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 Tom Thumb 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...

Little Tom Thumb

1987

Blow, Wind! poster
4.0

Based 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

Blow, Wind! poster
4.0

Based 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

In the Shadow of Death poster
6.2

A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.

In the Shadow of Death

1972

No artwork available
NR

Marcis Seglins, a retired factory craftsman finds a new hobby - training young workers.

Nowhere Else To Go

1964

No artwork available
NR

Marcis Seglins, a retired factory craftsman finds a new hobby - training young workers.

Nowhere Else To Go

1964

Kārkli pelēkie zied poster
8.0

A film about the intertwined fates of ordinary students and the artists of a youth theatre.

Kārkli pelēkie zied

1961

Maija and Paija poster
4.0

A Latvian fairy-tale film based on Anna Brigadere’s classic play. It follows two stepsisters: gentle, hardworking Maija and spoiled, idle Paija whose trials in the underworld reveal their true natures, with rewards and consequences to match.

Maija and Paija

1991

No artwork available
NR

A TV film with texts by Vizma Belševica about the fishermen of Salacgrīva. The film was banned and considered lost, but it has been preserved.

Salacgrīva

1961

Memory of the Land poster
NR

Philosophical reflections on life and death, the continuity of life on earth, and the memories we cherish and preserve of those who have passed away. The documentary film shows post-war Latvia in ruins.

Memory of the Land

1965

Memory of the Land poster
NR

Philosophical reflections on life and death, the continuity of life on earth, and the memories we cherish and preserve of those who have passed away. The documentary film shows post-war Latvia in ruins.

Memory of the Land

1965

Laikmetu griežos poster
7.0

A film based on novels by Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts tells a story about Latvian peasants around the 16th/17th century when they were under the role of several other countries.

Laikmetu griežos

1981

Laikmetu griežos poster
7.0

A film based on novels by Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts tells a story about Latvian peasants around the 16th/17th century when they were under the role of several other countries.

Laikmetu griežos

1981

No artwork available
NR

A film about parks in Riga and their historical past and present.

Rīgas parki

1969

No artwork available
NR

A film about parks in Riga and their historical past and present.

Rīgas parki

1969

No artwork available
NR

Riga — an industrial city. A glimpse of the exhibition at the Art Museum, the "Pionieris" cinema, and the restaurant views.

Taking a new step

1961