Escaping Riga Poster

Escaping Riga

60.00% | April 1, 2014 | Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Director
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Writer
Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.
Editor

Cast

Gustavs Briedis
Gustavs Briedis
young Berlin
Gints Grūbe
Gints Grūbe
Sir Isiah Berlin
Mihails Karasikovs
Mihails Karasikovs
Sergei Eisenstein
Viktors Puglejevs
Viktors Puglejevs
young Eisenstein
Mārtiņš Počs
Mārtiņš Počs
young Eisenstein #2

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