
Acting
Arturs Dimiters
Born 1915-04-27 · Vitebsk, Russian Empire
Acting credits
9.0No synopsis available yet.
After The Storm
1956
3.8To 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
NRA propaganda film shot in Nazi-occupied Latvia (1941-44). It outlines the horrors the country experienced during the Soviet occupation the year prior (remembered now as Annus Horriblis) and includes historical footage. However, to twist the narrative to suit its ideological means, the film also tries to influence the public perception of the Jewish people, stating they were appreciative of the Soviet invasion and happily took part in their attrocities. The film was dubbed in over 20 languages and distributed in other Nazi-invaded countries.
The Red Mist
1942
4.3Latvia 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
6.0Land surveyors arrive in two parishes to measure and redistribute manor land. The rivalry between both feoffees for land and woman begins.
The Times of the Surveyors
1968
5.2The 30-year war still goes on. Riga headmasters have decided to submit themselves to mercy of Polish-Lithuanian Duke. Rigas' defenders disagree strongly and steal the ceremonial Key of Riga. Will they succeed in their fight against all odds? Will three Latvian musketeers have their happily ever after?
Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill
1972
8.0No synopsis available yet.
The Skylark Shoots First
1967
7.5Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to include dubious characters in his crew, for example, former captain Bauze and silent alcoholic Juhans. The young captain lacks experience in working with so many fishermen on board. Unexpectedly, pretty engineer Sabīne is ordered to test a new construction fishing net on Nulle's ship and 'production conflict' between her and the captain arises...
Captain Nulle
1964
6.0A young girl is looking for her long lost father while visiting Riga during winter vacations.
Unfamiliar Case
1985
NRA propaganda film made while Latvia was occupied by Nazi Germany in the 1940s. A party of a wealthy socialite is disrupted by a friend's friend who's come along and turns out to be a soldier. The socialite starts wondering whether she could lend a hand to the war effort.
Your Hands
1943
NRNo synopsis available yet.
"Ciklons" sāksies naktī
1967
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Mājup ar uzvaru
1948
8.0An animation film based on a poem by Vitauts Ļaudēns.
Pasaka par Sisi Vijoļkāju
1974
9.0A simple Polish man, Władek Lekowski, a former pilot, finds himself in exile after World War II due to a ridiculous accident. Poor and without a job or shelter, he sleeps on the beach. There, he meets and falls in love with Zosia, another Polish emigrant. Determined to get Zosia out of the bar where she works, performing “a little acrobatics and a little undressing,” Władek embarks on a mysterious mission as part of an airplane crew. During the flight, it becomes clear that he has fallen into the hands of militarists and the plane is supposed to drop a bomb on the Soviet Union. Realising that the fate of World War III now rests in his hands, Władek is forced to confront his own actions and the consequences of his choices.
General and Daisies
1963
7.0Based on the book "Ambassador Extraordinary" by the Tur Brothers. The film tells about the life and work of the first Soviet woman diplomat (the prototype was A. M. Kollontai). In the difficult years of the Great Patriotic War, Elena Koltsova, Soviet ambassador to a neutral Scandinavian country, works hard to expose the provocations of Hitler's Germany.
The Ambassador of the Soviet Union
1970
7.0An adventurous love story of a veterinarian from Riga, a cheerful loser Andris.
Be My Mother-in-Law!
1977
8.5The dramatic fates of the Līdumu, Tauriņu, and Pacepļu families from the 1920s to the 1950s. The conflict between the Līdumu and Tauriņu dynasties as a class struggle, ending with the victory of the Līdumu family.
To a New Shore
1955
9.5The first film in a duology based on the biography of Latvian revolutionary Jānis Fabricius. Mārtiņš Venta, the son of a forest ranger, enrolls in a Riga gymnasium and becomes an underground activist, while his classmate, Dace, a teacher's daughter, is expelled from the Riga school for singing the revolutionary song Kā gulbji balti padebeši iet. Dace becomes an actress, but Mārtiņš is drafted into the tsar's army. He refuses to participate in the shooting of a workers' demonstration and is sentenced to exile, but before his deportation, Mārtiņš is allowed to marry Dace in prison.
Following the Swan Flock of Clouds
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Last Reportage
1986
6.8The true story of the Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov, who, behind enemy lines in Ukraine, infiltrated Hitler's headquarters, kidnapped the commander of the punitive troops and executed the imperial adviser.
Strong with Spirit
1967
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Egle rudzu laukā
1972
10.0A film biography of Jarosław Dąbrowski, a Russian officer, Polish independence activist, and communist.
Jarosław Dąbrowski
1976
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
6.0About the first steps of Soviet diplomacy at the international conference in Genoa in 1922.
Moscow – Genoa
1964