Dear Life
Dzīvīte
Release: 1989-01-04
·Runtime: 185m
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.
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Production Companies
Rigel Entertainment
Cast
Ivars Brakovskis
Dace Eversa
Āris Rozentāls
Vizma Ozoliņa- Kvēpa
Pēteris Lūcis
Juris Žagars
Juris Bartkevičs
Alvis Hermanis
Varis Vetra
Gundars Āboliņš
Askolds Saulītis
Valdemārs Zandbergs
as Krišjānis Barons
Velta Līne
as Dārta
Leonīds Grabovskis
Maija Apine
Indra Briķe
Hermanis Vazdiks
Regīna Razuma
