Astra

Synopsis

A film about a unique personality with an unbreakable spirit – Gunārs Astra. He can be considered as Latvian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn or Václav Havel. Twenty years he spent in Soviet prisons because of anti-government thinking. In a 1983 trial by the Latvian SSR, Astra said, “I believe this time will fade like an evil nightmare.” The fate of Gunārs Astra himself was tragic. Like Alexei Navalny in Russia, Astra was poisoned with tea on a train to Saint Petersburg. A week later, Gunārs Astra died. Astra’s death became a symbol of light on the long road to the restoration of Latvia’s independence.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Liene Laviņa-Kalnaella
Writing	Writer	Gundars Rēders Raits Valters
Production	Producer	Sandijs Semjonovs
Visual Effects	Animation	Edmunds Jansons
Editing	Editor	Sandra Alksne
Sound	Music	Jānis Šipkēvics
	Sound	Jevgenijs Načiss Pēteris Pāss
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