Latvian Movies before '91

The struggle of two related families for the eighty-year-old aunt's inheritance through comic and romantic events.

Lives of two young people change after they fall in love.

A story about the destructive human features: envy, greed, selfishness, cynicism, cruelty.

A group of men fishing in the icy lake Peipus (Estonia) find themselves trapped when the ice breaks away carrying them with it. As the ice breaks into smaller and smaller pieces the behavior of the men gets more desperate and class-driven.

Phone technician Cezars Kalnins in his free time composes songs and performs in a band created with his friends. However getting the band to perform in public has to go a long way in getting permissions.

The film takes place in two eras - the mythical world of Lacplesis, Laimdota and the Black Knight and the Latvian War of Independence of 1919 during which the love story between Janis Vanags and Mirdza Saulite unfolds.

Late 19th century Latvia. Coachman Edgars is in love with maid Kristina though unable to overcome her mother's resistance. A charming, wealthy suitor arrives with a proposal but Kristina just can't forget Edgars.

A painfully ironic story about life in Latvia in 1920s. A poor girl falls in love with an unemployed teacher of French.

Three young men fight to prevent surrender of the city of Riga city to Swedish and Polish enemies.

A young farmers boy experience in a quest for a bride.

Littlefinger (Spriditis) is having a hard time living with the evil stepmother and despite his grandmother's and Lienite's attempts to dissuade him, he goes out into the world to find happiness.

End of 19th century. Maidservant Madara loves farmhand Andris but due to the property she marries a rich and old household owner Migla.

The Second World War is over. In Latvia, an attempt to combine the forces of the "forest brothers" with a serious resistance movement is struggling to fail.

Doctor Rudolfs spends the summer in the countryside where he meets teacher Laura, the mother of two children and whose husband is in prison. Rudolfs falls in love with Laura but she struggles with a sense of duty to her family.

A young woman newly come from her village has trouble making ends meet in 1930s Riga. An older rich man spots her by chance and eventually proposes . Will she accept? What would she have to sacrifice?

It is the time when Poland and Sweden are fighting for Riga. Three brave young men interfere and the city remains in the hands of Riga citizens.

Uldis goes to marry rich landlady's daughter Zane but he sees orphan Baiba in her backyard and falls in love with her. The restrained Baiba also loves Uldis but cannot become happy if Zane, Gatins and Orta suffers.

A young worker vigorously goes trough life solving his problems and believing that he himself is able to decide his own fate.

A music group is on its way to a competition when after some problems on the road their soloist disappears.

The Svensson family lives in farm called Katthult in Sweden - father, mother, daughter Ida and son Emil. Emil's kindness and energy make him interfere with everything around him but the results are usually not what he initially wanted.

Lithuanian girl's efforts to find relatives, overcoming class conflict.

Human attempts to understand why when acting they are all going through the heart, but in real life are playing a role.

World for the boy is revealed gradually - in all its diversity, beauty and sustainability.

A fight of an old coxswain and a young captain for a place on the navigation bridge.

There is a well-disguised group of criminals in Riga that distributes anti-Soviet literature, pornographic video tapes, and sells ancient, valuable art objects for smuggling abroad.