Rainis

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1949 / 97min.

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Synopsis

A biopic of Rainis (born as Jānis Pliekšāns), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician, whose works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.

Directors

Actors

Elza Radziņa

Baiba Indriksone

Jānis Grantiņš

Amalija Jaunvalka

Pēteris Cepurnieks

Milda Klētniece

Jānis Osis

Roberts Mustaps

Artūrs Filipsons

Martinsh Verdinsh

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