Rainis (1949)

9.0/10 97 min History

Overview

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.

Cast

Jānis Grantiņš

Rainis

Milda Klētniece

Aspazija

Elza Radziņa

Dora

Martinsh Verdinsh

Nikanorov

Roberts Mustaps

Aleksandrov

Pēteris Cepurnieks

Priede

Baiba Indriksone

Abelita

Jānis Osis

Baron Otto von Meyerdorf

Edgars Zīle

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