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
Alvis Hermanis
Ivars Brakovskis
Regīna Razuma
Pēteris Lūcis
Leonīds Grabovskis
Juris Bartkevičs
Maija Apine
Dace Eversa
Hermanis Vazdiks
Vizma Ozoliņa- Kvēpa
Varis Vetra
Velta Līne
as Dārta
Āris Rozentāls
Juris Žagars
Gundars Āboliņš
Askolds Saulītis
Valdemārs Zandbergs
as Krišjānis Barons
Indra Briķe
