
Birthday:
11-09-1937
(87 years)
Birthplace:
Latvian Republic
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Purva bridējs - Uldis Pūcītis
Act like Self
event2020
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A TV documentary about Latvian actor Uldis Pūcītis, featuring fragments from many of his films ("Swap Treader", "Four White Shirts" and others), as well as stories by people who knew him - actors and directors, former lovers and classmates.
Day Without Date
Director of Photography
event1966 star_border 7
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Lyrical story about first love.
Gifts over the Phone
Director of Photography
event1978 star_border 4.7
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After the train conductor Pētersons receives money transfer from an unknown source, he suspects foul play involving the cargo he's transporting. He decides to do his own investigation into the matter, not realizing that he's putting himself and those around him in danger.
Distraction for the Soul
Director of Photography
event1990
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Based on the novel by same name by Vladimir Makanin.
A cabinetmaker falls in love with a poetess who is courted by a university professor. The cabinetmaker has a wife and two high school sons. He is confronted with a difficult choice between family and beloved woman...
Carmen Horrendum
Director of Photography
event1989
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At the center of it is the fate of young women in the war and in the harsh post-war times, when witch-hunting of "enemies of the people" was a common occurrence. The brutal war is mutilating both the girls' bodies and their souls. Location: military hospital. It is just a backdrop to which the character rattles, the intrigue, the human relationships. The pathos of the tape conveys the idea that a woman is and remains a woman in all circumstances and situations. During the tumultuous years of war, they were also overwhelmed by true love, mutual understanding, trust and tenderness.
In the Underworld
Director of Photography
event1963
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A story about children helping the Soviet Army during the war.
Kārkli pelēkie zied
Director of Photography
event1961
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A film about the intertwined fates of ordinary students and the artists of a youth theatre.
Diena bez vakara
Director of Photography
event1963
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The directing debut of the acclaimed Latvian cinematographer Māris Rudzītis.
Rally
Director of Photography
event1978 star_border 5.6
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During an international rally two contestants find a hidden painting in the door of their car. In order to not get removed from the track riders do not report to their team management.
My Frivolous Friend
Director of Photography
event1975 star_border 6.3
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Arvīds Lasmanis can't hold any job for long because he is not ready to tolerate deceit and slapdash work. He still has to feed his family, by chance he finds a well-paid job as a gravedigger. A friend helps Arvīds to find a place in a construction team, but other workers don't approve of Arvīds' high principles. His wife accuses him of not knowing how to make money, the family lives crammed in one room of a shared flat. The Soviet absurd comedy tells a story about a man who, while at odds with the system, won't lose his conscience and his true self, even if it means saying no to wealth and comfort.
Klavs - The Son of Martin
Director of Photography
event1970
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The son of Martins Viksna, the collective farm chairman, Klavs comes home from the military service and starts working in his native kolkhoz but does not understand his colleagues, so he goes to town.
Four White Shirts
Director of Photography
event1967 star_border 6
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Cezars Kalnins installs telephones by day and composes pop songs by night. His band has a hard time receiving the permit from Soviet censorship authorities for a public debut. A member of the Culture Committee superficially listens to Cēzars' songs and deems the lyrics "unsuitable and frivolous” and "unfit for the Soviet youth”, and is later powerless to stop the grindstone of public debate, which she has herself initiated.
Rock and Splinters
Director of Photography
event1967 star_border 6.7
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During World War II three best friends are mobilized into the Waffen-SS Latvian Legion. Years later their fates continue to intertwine, as memories of war loom in back of their minds.
My Family
Director of Photography
event1982
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After his family was introduced on a national TV as a "perfect family", the son Robert has a hard time confronting all the lies related to this accidental fame.
Rocky Road
Director of Photography
event1983
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Based on the popular novel of the same title by Vilis Lācis. Latvia, the 1930s. Roberts Līviņš, the son of a dockhand, becomes an architect by his own efforts, thanks to arduous work and talent. But in his relationship with Līvija, the daughter of the rich entrepreneur Ulpe, Roberts realizes that the high society might look down on his common origins as well as his sister Alise, a hairdresser, and her boyfriend Ēriks, an opportunist and former boxer.
Captain Nulle
Director of Photography
event1964 star_border 7.4
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Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to include dubious characters in his crew, for example, former captain Bauze and silent alcoholic Juhans. The young captain lacks experience in working with so many fishermen on board. Unexpectedly, pretty engineer Sabīne is ordered to test a new construction fishing net on Nulle's ship and 'production conflict' between her and the captain arises...
Three Days of Reflection
Director of Photography
event1982 star_border 7
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Head of the CID and his colleagues are investigating a serious crime but the main witnesses are of no help.
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