Escaping Riga
70 mins
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.
Gustavs Briedis
young Berlin
Mihails Karasikovs
Sergei Eisenstein
Viktors Puglejevs
young Eisenstein
Lauma Balode
Eisenstein's dream woman
Uldis Tīrons
Writer
Andrejs Rudzāts
Director of Photography
Kristīne Plūksna
Art Direction
Ieva Romanova
Art Direction
Ernests Ansons
Sound Director
Andra Doršs
Editor