Overview
A biopic of Rainis (born as Jānis Pliekšāns), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician, whose works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.
Director and cast
- Yuli Raizman Director
- Jānis Grantiņš as Rainis
- Milda Klētniece as Aspazija
- Artūrs Filipsons as Peteris
- Elza Radziņa as Dora
- Martinsh Verdinsh as Nikanorov
- Roberts Mustaps as Aleksandrov
- Pēteris Cepurnieks as Priede
- Baiba Indriksone as Abelita
- Amalija Jaunvalka as Kalnius
- Jānis Osis as Baron Otto von Meyerdorf
More films
Bandit Queen (1994)
Action · Crime · Drama · History · Not Rated
Born a lower-caste girl in rural India's patriarchal society, "married" at 11, repeatedly raped and brutalized, Phoolan Devi finds freedom only as an avenging warrior, the eponymous Bandit Queen. Devi becomes a kind a bloody Robin Hood; this extraordinary biographical film offers both a vivid portrait of a driven woman and a savage cri...
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Director
- Shekhar Kapur
- Cast
- Seema Biswas, Nirmal Pandey, Rajesh Vivek
Moog (2004)
Documentary · History · Music · Not Rated
Best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, Robert Moog was an American pioneer of electronic music, and shaped musical culture with some of the most inspiring electronic instruments ever created. This "compelling documentary portrait of a provocative, thoughtful and deeply sympathetic figure" (New York Times) peeks into the in...
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Director
- Hans Fjellestad
- Cast
- Robert Moog, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman
One Night with the King (2006)
Drama · History · PG
In Biblical times, a girl disguises her Jewish origins when the Persian king comes looking for a new bride among his subjects.
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Director
- Michael O. Sajbel
- Cast
- Tiffany Dupont, Peter O'Toole, Luke Goss
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
Drama · History · R
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true ev...
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Adrian Shergold
- Cast
- Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Mary Stockley
The Abdication (1974)
Drama · History · PG
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Cast
- Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack
Underground (2007)
Action · Not Rated
In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah
Bodyguard: A New Beginning (2008)
Action · Drama · Thriller · R
Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Director
- Chee Keong Cheung
- Cast
- Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Comments
Talk about the film with other members