Juris Lejaskalns
Also Known As: Юрис Леяскалнс
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Рига, СССР (Латвия)
Adult: No
Birthday: March 11, 1935
Age: 90 years old
Gender: Other
Deathday: October 29, 2006
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Werewolf Tom
Overview: The times of serfdom in Latvia. Brothers Tom, Michelis and Andris, driven to despair by the cruelty of the Dormuizh landowner, decide to start a liberation struggle. Tom and Michelis go into the forest and tame a wolf pack there. Taking advantage of the folk legend that a person can turn into a werewolf and live in his guise, the brothers intend to fight the German barons with the help of a wolf pack controlled by them and a messenger Andris, who has remained in the village for the time being...
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1984-06-04
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Valsis mūža garumā
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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It's Easy to Fall Into an Overgrown Ditch
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1986-03-03
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Cīrulīši
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1980-01-03
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Double Trap
Overview: A police is trying to fight the criminal organization responsible for the illegal export of arts abroad. He pretends to be a criminal to enter and destroy their gang.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1986-01-06
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Blow, Wind!
Overview: Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian literature Rainis, "Put, vejini" tells a story of an unconventional love that blossoms between the handsome, wealthy and impetuous merchant Uldis and the timid, humble and clear-hearted orphan Baiba.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1973-09-01
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A Dog Who Could Sing
Overview: Many adventures befell a beautiful dog named Michael. He was stolen and sold many times, he lived with both kind and cruel owners, and even performed in the circus arena. And so, during his difficult wanderings, Michael falls into the hands of a lonely sailor, Doug, who, at the risk of losing his job, takes the dog with him.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1991-11-01
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The Republic of Varnu Street
Overview: Children of Varnu Street whose fathers work in nearby factories face the "Tuliana Empire" - a group of boys, children of merchants from the nearby Lauku Street.
Genres: Family Adventure
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1970-11-09
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Rally
Overview: During an international rally two contestants find a hidden painting in the door of their car. In order to not get removed from the track riders do not report to their team management.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1978-06-06
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The Barman from 'Golden Anchor'
Overview: A barman from an elite bar for Soviet nomenklatura is greedy and not a true Leninist at all. Someone who in the Soviet Union often becomes an 'easy pray' for evil CIA agents. The barman from the "Golden Anchor" is about to become a CIA agent himself but his friends and families help him to find some Soviet patriotism inside his soul.
Genres: Action Adventure Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1986-08-25
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Ivan Brovkin on the State Farm
Overview: Ivan Brovkin finishes serving in the army with the rank of sergeant and, together with a group of comrades after demobilization, decides to go to the development of state farm. He arrives at his native collective farm and meets there a cool welcome: the chairman of the collective farm, the bride Lyubasha and mother — consider him a traitor. The planned wedding is canceled, and Brovkin leaves for the state farm. Brovkin comes to the state farm at the time of plowing the land. He joins the team. Winter passes after working days. In letters home he writes that everything is fine with him. News about how Ivan lives is spreading throughout the village. Lyubasha is seriously thinking about running away from home to the state farm...
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1959-01-23
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Rain Blues
Overview: A lonely thirty year-old woman lives in a small apartment on the edge of town. She meets a man, life looks brighter, but she suspects he’s hiding something from her.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1982-12-20
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Be My Mother-in-Law!
Overview: An adventurous love story of a veterinarian from Riga, a cheerful loser Andris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1977-12-05
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Gladiator
Overview: Joonas and Tiidrik are two men from the island of Saaremaa who recklessly escape from the German prison during the First World War. Yet, there are no peaceful times in their home country neither.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: et
Release Date: 1971-09-20
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The Times of the Surveyors
Overview: Land surveyors arrive in two parishes to measure and redistribute manor land. The rivalry between both feoffees for land and woman begins.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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The Woman in White
Overview: A detective-mystery film based on the novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins, which takes place in the middle of the last century in Victorian England. The young aspiring artist gets a place as a teacher of painting on the estate of land-owner Fairlie, where his sisters Marian and Laura become his students. Returning home late in the evening, he unexpectedly meets a strange woman, dressed head-to-toe in white on a deserted road...
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1981-02-15
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Following the Swan Flock of Clouds
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1957-08-08
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The Swamp Wader
Overview: In this film, set in Latvia in the late 19th century, Edgars, the coachman of Alaine Manor, loves Kristine, the washerwoman's daughter, although he is too hot-headed for Kristine's mother to consider him a good suitor for his daughter. The servant Viskrelis and stable boy Sutka try to tempt Edgars to a life of drinking and a relationship with the barmaid Matilde. Meanwhile, Kristine is courted by the rich land owner, Akmentins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1966-07-13
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Victoria
Overview: A miller's son, Johannes, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner, Victoria. The novel follows them through adolescence, as Johannes struggles with the social hierarchy and becomes a successful author, and Victoria is forced into marrying Otto, a lieutenant, to save the troubled family economy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1988-04-01
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Garden With A Ghost
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1983-01-10
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Werewolf Tom
Overview: The times of serfdom in Latvia. Brothers Tom, Michelis and Andris, driven to despair by the cruelty of the Dormuizh landowner, decide to start a liberation struggle. Tom and Michelis go into the forest and tame a wolf pack there. Taking advantage of the folk legend that a person can turn into a werewolf and live in his guise, the brothers intend to fight the German barons with the help of a wolf pack controlled by them and a messenger Andris, who has remained in the village for the time being...
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1984-06-04
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To a New Shore
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1955-11-04
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Keys of the City
Overview: Austra arrives to a small Latvian town to work for a state institution and faces disinterest and carelessness from her colleagues. Her other troubles include a difficult relationship with her daughter and a sudden falling in love.
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Original Language: lv
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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