Dear Life (1989)
Overview
A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life's work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia of Latvian life, a poetic reflection of the knowledge of life accumulated over the centuries. The film is based on Krišjānis Barons' life during late 1800s and early 1900s – his childhood and youth in Latvia, studies and work in St. Petersburg and other places in Russia, his relationship with his faithful wife Dārta, and the awakening of the Latvian self-awareness.
Cast
Valdemārs Zandbergs
Krišjānis Barons
Velta Līne
Dārta
Leonīds Grabovskis
Indra Briķe
Juris Bartkevičs
Maija Apine
Alvis Hermanis
Ivars Brakovskis
Dace Eversa
Hermanis Vazdiks
Āris Rozentāls
Regīna Razuma
Vizma Ozoliņa- Kvēpa
Pēteris Lūcis
Juris Žagars
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