Jānis Grantiņš

Acting

Jānis Grantiņš

Born — Died

1909-06-07 — 1974-10-25

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

Known for

War and Peace poster
7.6

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

War and Peace

1968

The Last Fort poster
NR

Four soldiers of different nationalities serve in small garrison on the territory of post-war Germany.

The Last Fort

1972

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 poster
7.6

In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to watch the armies' impending confrontation. As the Battle of Borodino rages, he volunteers to assist in an artillery battery. Part three of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

1967

Me, Francysk Skaryna poster
NR

A film about the Belarusian publisher and educator Francis (Georgy) Skaryna, who lived in the first half of the 16th century, the founder of the first Belarusian printing house in Vilnius and the author of fundamental research in the field of linguistics.

Me, Francysk Skaryna

1970

Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill poster
5.2

The 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

The Fisherman's Son poster
NR

The 1930s. Young fisherman Oskars Klava dreams of new nets to help him gain independence from the collector Garoza but he lacks the trust of old fishermen.

The Fisherman's Son

1957

Film credits

1970s · 18 titles

The Last Fort poster
NR

Four soldiers of different nationalities serve in small garrison on the territory of post-war Germany.

The Last Fort

1972

Me, Francysk Skaryna poster
NR

A film about the Belarusian publisher and educator Francis (Georgy) Skaryna, who lived in the first half of the 16th century, the founder of the first Belarusian printing house in Vilnius and the author of fundamental research in the field of linguistics.

Me, Francysk Skaryna

1970

Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill poster
5.2

The 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

The Warrior of the Queen poster
NR

The hard work plays an important role in the personal growth of a runner.

The Warrior of the Queen

1970

Starling and Lyre poster
6.0

Soviet intelligence spouses — Lyudmila ("Lyre") and Fyodor ("Starling") Grekov at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War are tasked with settling in Germany. Personnel intelligence officers with vast experience are successfully introduced into German society and begin to work actively. At the end of the war, during the bombing of Berlin, fate separates them, but then they will meet in the new Germany and continue their work.

Starling and Lyre

1974

Shoot in My Place poster
NR

1917. 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

No artwork available
8.5

At one of Riga’s largest factories, young worker Oļegs graduates from institute with an engineering degree, yet finds it difficult to leave the shop floor behind. As he struggles to reconcile his new professional path with his attachment to the work he knows, the factory collective helps him find his place in life. Along the way, Oļegs must also navigate complicated feelings for Aina, an engineer at the same factory, as he learns to make choices about both his career and his future.

Olegs and Aina

1974

Echoes of the Past poster
NR

The well-known scientist was a spy in Germany during the Great Patriotic War, and he managed to obtain information about a secret German facility.

Echoes of the Past

1971

Autumn Storms poster
NR

For some time now, life in the family of Kozma Josan, the chairman of a collective farm in one of the Moldovan villages, has not been going well. In response to the indifference of his wife, Domnica, the Goat fell in love with Olga, a fellow villager, who reciprocated his feelings. But their happiness is like wormwood, bitter: everywhere they are haunted by Domnica's heavy gaze, in which anxiety and pain are frozen.

Autumn Storms

1974

The Cool Guy poster
6.0

Soviet engineer Viktor Loginov, who came to one of the East as a technical representative of the Minsk Automobile Plant, had to take part in an international rally due to the illness of a professional racer. Among the experienced aces from other countries, Victor was a beginner. Many representatives of foreign firms are interested in losing in the most difficult struggle. This would give an occasion to close the path to the world market for the new Soviet machine. But courage, mutual assistance and self-confidence help Victor overcome all stages of the most difficult path, where the danger came from both nature and people.

The Cool Guy

1972

Red Agate poster
NR

Young girl is looking for the rare red agate which she believes will cure her grandfather.

Red Agate

1973

Dimitrie Cantemir poster
10.0

The film is about the life of Dmitry Cantemir and the Moldovan people from November 1710 to July 1711. Turkish troops are preparing for war with Russia. The Sultan entrusted him with the throne of Moldavia. Cantemir secretly established ties with Peter I and concluded a military-political agreement with him, according to which Russia took Moldova under its protectorate, pledged to help expel the Turks and restore the former borders of the Moldovan state.

Dimitrie Cantemir

1974

Countermeasure poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Countermeasure

1975

Old Plane Tree poster
NR

About the family of the old man Achila-Buva, about his children and grandchildren living in an Uzbek village, about an old plane tree covering the saplings with its branches.

Old Plane Tree

1974

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Жизнь и смерть дворянина Чертопханова

1972

The Ruins Are Firing… poster
6.0

The plot centers on the people who began to form underground groups from the very first days of the occupation of Minsk: oil engineer Isa Kazinets, soldier Ivan Kabushkin, student journalist Vladimir Omelianuk, medical professor Yevgeny Klumov, party and Soviet worker Sergey Blagorazumov, and others. Their main weapon was their hatred of the occupiers. Soon, the underground fighters managed to establish contact with the partisans, and they began to plan joint operations.

The Ruins Are Firing…

1971

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Red Agate

1974

The Bread Smells of Gunpowder poster
9.0

Based on the story "Echelon to Germany" by Ivan Shamyakin.

The Bread Smells of Gunpowder

1974

1960s · 11 titles

War and Peace poster
7.6

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

War and Peace

1968

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 poster
7.6

In 1812, as Napoleon's army invades Russia, Kutuzov asks Bolkonsky to join him as a staff officer, yet the prince requests a command in the field. Pierre sets out to watch the armies' impending confrontation. As the Battle of Borodino rages, he volunteers to assist in an artillery battery. Part three of the four-part adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel.

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

1967

Storm poster
7.5

After losing his job, Kārlis is forced into grueling work at a remote peat quarry—only to find himself caught between the Communist underground and the Latvian counterintelligence service, where every choice carries a moral cost.

Storm

1961

Your Happiness poster
NR

An inspector is torn between her conviction of there being a need to reconstruct a factory, and a love interest who asks of her not to do that in order for him to further his career.

Your Happiness

1960

Just a Life – The Story of Fridtjof Nansen poster
6.5

This dramatized documentary depicts the life and the actions of Fridtjof Nansen; an explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel laureate.

Just a Life – The Story of Fridtjof Nansen

1968

Pieviltie poster
9.5

After 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

No artwork available
NR

A film about combating venereal diseases.

Atmaksa

1962

Let's Remember This Day poster
NR

The events take place on the eve of the Great October Socialist Revolution. At the center of the film’s narrative is the судьба of a revolutionary grenadier regiment that played an important role in securing the victory of Soviet power in Belarus.

Let's Remember This Day

1968

Tobago Changes Course poster
6.5

Summer, 1940. Foreseeing the collapse of the Ulmanis regime, the owner of a ship sailing off the coast of Latvia decides to flee the country. Subsequently, the sailors learn about the establishment of Soviet power in their homeland, and the ship changes course...

Tobago Changes Course

1966

War Under the Roofs poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

War Under the Roofs

1967

General Rakhimov poster
NR

The plot is based on facts from a military biography of General Sabir Rakhimov, the division commander in the Second Belorussian Front. Time of action - World War II.

General Rakhimov

1967

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