Escaping Riga

Escaping Riga

6 | 2014-04-01 | Documentary

The film is based on true events, it tells the stories of two outstanding personalities of the 20th century – Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin, who were both born and spent their childhood in Riga but soon had to leave the city. The film follows the lives of the two characters during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, telling how one of them becomes “the greatest film director of his generation” in the totalitarian Soviet Union, and the other “the greatest thinker of his generation” in liberal Great Britain.

Featured Crew

Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Director
Andrejs Rudzāts Director of Photography
Uldis Tīrons Writer
Ieva Romanova Art Direction
Andra Doršs Editor
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Editor
Valdis Celmiņš Director of Photography
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Director of Photography
Kristīne Plūksna Art Direction
Kārlis Auzāns Music

Cast

Gustavs Briedis
Gustavs Briedis
young Berlin
Gints Grūbe
Gints Grūbe
Sir Isiah Berlin
Mihails Karasikovs
Mihails Karasikovs
Sergei Eisenstein
Viktors Puglejevs
Viktors Puglejevs
young Eisenstein
Mārtiņš Počs
Mārtiņš Počs
young Eisenstein #2
Lauma Balode
Lauma Balode
Eisenstein's dream woman

Images

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