Movies: Jakovs Rafalsons

The dawn of the XX century promised Latvians a prosperous and happy future. The nation’s self-esteem had awakened, and farmers were increasingly able to rise above even the estate stewards. Rudups, old soldier of the Kaiser and, with his wealth and p...

A historical drama about an attempt to steal the entire Latvian national wealth deposited abroad by Wilhelms Munters, the Latvian Foreign Minister in the forties....

The creative documentary Piano Player is a story about the piano player and musician Oscar Strock, who was a well known tango music composer in 1920s Europe. Nobody knew him – only his music was well known. The life of Strock is like a side-show of e...

Two ladies arrive at a small inn for a date after a marriage announcement. The prospective bride, Vineta, has a prestigious position, but is not doing well in her private life. Her subordinate Ulla, on the other hand, believes that a modern woman sho...

The elderly nursing home residents for years feel worthless and troublesome. But then a crazy idea strikes them - to waive their pensions and enroll in the army as volunteers thus saving the country from financial crisis and spending excitingly the l...

Forty years have passed, and the protagonist meets his childhood fear - an animated character named Honka....