Escaping Riga

Synopsis

The film is based on true events, it tells the stories of two outstanding personalities of the 20th century – Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin, who were both born and spent their childhood in Riga but soon had to leave the city. The film follows the lives of the two characters during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, telling how one of them becomes “the greatest film director of his generation” in the totalitarian Soviet Union, and the other “the greatest thinker of his generation” in liberal Great Britain.

Main Cast

Gustavs Briedis

young Berlin

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Gints Grūbe

Sir Isiah Berlin

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Mihails Karasikovs

Sergei Eisenstein

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Viktors Puglejevs

young Eisenstein

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Mārtiņš Počs

young Eisenstein #2

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Lauma Balode

Eisenstein's dream woman

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Anna Heinrihsone

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Robert Cottrel

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Camera	Director of Photography	Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Valdis Celmiņš Andrejs Rudzāts
Editing	Editor	Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Andra Doršs
Writing	Writer	Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Uldis Tīrons
Sound	Music	Kārlis Auzāns
	Sound Director	Ernests Ansons
Art	Art Direction	Ieva Romanova Kristīne Plūksna
Production	Producer	Gints Grūbe
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