
Acting
Girts Jakovlevs
Born 1940-07-10 · Riga, Latvia
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
6.0Armīns, a carefree and self-centered young man, suddenly finds his life turned upside down when he becomes responsible for seven-year-old Zigis after the boy’s parents die in a tragic accident.
Dunduriņš
1974
9.0No synopsis available yet.
To Remember or to Forget
1981
No synopsis available yet.
First Summer
1974
A story about a young girl Olga and her struggles with the Soviet marketing system.
The Last Indulgence
1985
1.0Latvia, 1980s. While striving for achievements in the Soviet kolhoz competition, people have forgotten to take care of their surroundings and their loved ones. The Latvian countryside is overwhelmed by alcoholism, and the chairman of the kolhoz is keeping the newly built culture hub locked up so that public would not "spoil it". Vitolds, the new secretary of the Young Communist League is ready to combat all the negative issues. However, it's important to do everything with moderation, as otherwise one may fall from one side of a ditch to another.
It's Easy to Fall Into an Overgrown Ditch
1986
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
6.2A 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
5.3A young boy finds a watch with an engraving in Spanish saying that the watch belongs to Captain Enrico, and adventures begin...
Captain Enrico's Watch
1967
NRIt's a story about actor who, in in addition to his day job at the theater, is earning an extra money playing Sant Claus in kindergartens during the Xmas period.
The Private Life of Santa Claus
1982
The film tells of faithful devotion to spiritual ideals. It is based on Riga St. Anna Stocken's Life Story of the Cistercian Monastery of Mary Magdalene.
Anna
1996
NRAn 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
6.8A documentary film about Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces.
The Man Who Saved the World
2014
10.0Feature film based on a short story by Yuri Trifonov.
Mainai
1979
NRIeva has been an obedient granddaughter for years – choosing a safe career in a bank as her grandmother wanted. Her mother left the family years ago when she had to look for work abroad. That has made ties between Ieva and her grandmother especially tight. Dissatisfaction with the constant adaption to the material world is flickering under the surface and Ieva lives her dreamlife with her friends. She plays the keyboard in a girl band and stays out late. When Ieva decides to have a provocative tattoo on her arm made, her grandmother goes completely nuts.
Unfollow Me
2022
The summer internship of ninth-grade students from Riga at a mechanical plant.
Undiscovered Country
1978
6.0Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas attempt to flight over Atlantic ocean.
Flight Over the Atlantic
1984
NRNo synopsis available yet.
In A Loop
1990
NRScreenwriter Vasiliev became interested in the fate of Lapinsh, the former captain of the supertrawler "Malachite." Lapinsh was removed from his position and stripped of his captain’s license after an accident that occurred more than six months ago—the supertrawler "Malachite" ran aground. The case was examined by the court. In search of the truth, Vasiliev followed the trail of these dramatic events...
Stranded
1988
8.0The head of the border detachment Gamayun arrives in Turkestan to destroy the last large formation of the Basmachi - the gang of Mumin Bek.
State Border: Vol. 4. Red Sand
1984
5.8A police is trying to fight the criminal organization responsible for the illegal export of arts abroad. He pretends to be a criminal to enter and destroy their gang.
Double Trap
1986
6.0Russian film transplanting the tragic tale of Donald Crowhurst into then-contemporary anti-capitalist thought.
Race of the Century
1986
5.9The action of the film takes place in Latvia and spans the period from 1939 to the early 1970s. The events that occurred in the country had various effects on the fates of the characters. But throughout it all, love guided them — it scattered and gathered, made them suffer terribly, and made them the happiest people in the world...
Long Road in the Dunes
1982
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Uzbērums
1970