The read
It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.Director
- Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.Writer
- Uldis TīronsWriter
Cast
- Gustavs Briedisyoung Berlin
- Gints GrūbeSir Isiah Berlin
- Mihails KarasikovsSergei Eisenstein
- Viktors Puglejevsyoung Eisenstein
- Mārtiņš Počsyoung Eisenstein #2
- Lauma BalodeEisenstein's dream woman
- Anna HeinrihsoneCast
- Robert CottrelCast
- Artūrs KondrātsCast
- Māris PūrisCast
- Leo HiršsonsCast
- Agris MāsēnsCast