Overview
During the 1905 Revolution, secret police arrest a man travelling under the identity of the merchant Karlsons, suspecting that he is in fact a prominent revolutionary. His tense psychological duel with secret police chief Greguss becomes a battle of wits, as each tries to uncover the other’s intentions. Meanwhile, underground revolutionaries devise a daring operation to free their captured comrade.
Director and cast
- Girts Jakovlevs as Janis Luther-Adolf Carlson - «Brauer»
- Karlis Sebris as Gregus
- Gunārs Cilinskis as Kramerov
- Elza Radziņa as madame Leigne
- Velta Līne as mother of Janis Luther-Adolf Carlson
- Edmunds Freibergs as Epis - revolutionary
- Māris Putniņš as Mezhgailis «Fox» - revolutionary
- Arnis Līcītis as «Brave» - revolutionary
- Rolands Zagorskis as Straume - revolutionary
- Mirdza Martinsone as Austra - revolutionary
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