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Dear Life (1989)
Directed by Aivars Freimanis
Overview
A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life’s work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia of Latvian life, a poetic reflection of the knowledge of life accumulated over the centuries. The film is based on Krišjānis Barons’ life during late 1800s and early 1900s – his childhood and youth in Latvia, studies and work in St. Petersburg and other places in Russia, his relationship with his faithful wife Dārta, and the awakening of the Latvian self-awareness.
Length 185 minutes
Actors
Voldemar Zandbergs | Velta Line | Leonids Grabovskis | Indra Briķe | Juris Bartkevičs | Maija Apine | Alvis Hermanis | Ivars Brakovskis | Dace Eversa | Hermanis Vazdiks | Āris Rozentāls | Artūrs Ņikitins | Regīna Razuma | Dita Krenberga | Kristīne Līpiņa | Bruno Egle | Vizma Ozoliņa- Kvēpa | Pēteris Lūcis | Haralds Ulmanis | Juris Zagars | Jānis Baltvilks | Ingmārs Freimanis | Aivars Neibarts | Pēteris Korsaks | Varis Vētra | Gundars Abolins | Askolds Saulītis