Helga Dancberga

Acting

Helga Dancberga

Born — Died

1941-11-18 — 2019-11-17

Place of birth

Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR

Known for

Acting

Credits

17 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 6 titles

Fairfax's Millions poster
8.0

As the classic rightly noted, it is customary to treat the diseases of wealthy people with respect. Only a heart transplant can save the dying life of a millionaire Ferfax. In search of a suitable donor for his best client, Dr. Jones makes a series of killings. But he still does not know what reward awaits him for the services rendered ...

Fairfax's Millions

1980

Primrose poster
NR

Based on L. Yelisieieva’s short story "Far Away". In the 1920s–30s, a girl named Liolia grows up in poverty after her father is killed in the so-called “Civil War.” Her mother’s new marriage brings fear and violence into the home, so Liolia is sent to live with her grandmother, where she finds peace—though only briefly.

Primrose

1986

The Return of Butterfly poster
NR

Dedicated to the life and work of the Ukrainian singer Solomiya Krushelnytska (1873-1952), the owner of a voice of extraordinary beauty and strength. In 1893-1939 she performed in opera theaters in Europe and America, in 1939 she returned to her homeland. The film is based on the real facts of the singer's life and is constructed as her memoirs.

The Return of Butterfly

1983

Vakara variants poster
6.0

A 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

Dress Rehearsal poster
NR

A poetic psychological drama about the adolescence of the Ukrainian-Russian writer Nikolai Gogol filmed for Soviet television at A. Dovzhenko Film Studion in 1988. Based on the short story "Gogol-gimnazist" by Vasili Avenarius.

Dress Rehearsal

1989

No artwork available
NR

A short film based on motifs from Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš' book "Es stastu savai sievai" (I Tell My Wife).

Kā mēs aizgājām no mājām

1986

1970s · 8 titles

Keys to Paradise poster
6.3

Successful work and life of a brave militia captain who does not know much about human psychology.

Keys to Paradise

1976

Gifts over the Phone poster
5.5

After the train conductor Pētersons receives money transfer from an unknown source, he suspects foul play involving the cargo he's transporting. He decides to do his own investigation into the matter, not realizing that he's putting himself and those around him in danger.

Gifts over the Phone

1978

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

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

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

Sea Gates poster
NR

A TV movie. The film features songs by Yu.Vizbor, V.Berkovsky, S.Nikitin.

Sea Gates

1974

Vīrietis labākajos gados poster
8.0

Alfrēds Turlavs is a successful engineer at a communications technology factory in Riga, but his comfortable life has grown emotionally distant. His marriage to Līvija has lost its warmth, while their daughter Vita has grown up and started a family of her own. Just when Turlavs seems settled into a predictable routine, a new love enters his life: his colleague Maija.

Vīrietis labākajos gados

1978

To Be Unwanted poster
6.5

Valdemārs '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

Series credits