Janis Streics
Birthday: 1936-09-26
Place of Birth: Anspoki, Republic of Latvia
Biography: Jānis Streičs is a Latvian film director. He is the master of the Latvian cinematic stories, an expert on the national mentality, and no stranger to good-hearted irony and humour. His national comedies have earned him an unwavering popularity. Streičs' 1991 comedy film Cilvēka bērns was runner-up for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival Rights of the Child Award in 1994.
Movies
The Smell Of Cinema
“Today you will hear my most honest and truthful story about how I made a movie with Eisenstein and ...
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The Cage
Edmunds Berzs is an architect who has achieved a comfortable life, but this causes him unease, so he...
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Theatre
The great actress Julia Lambert suddenly realizes that she is, alas, getting old. What can help a wo...
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The Child of Man
A six-year-old boy plots to stop his "sweetheart", a grown-up woman in his pre-World War II Latvian ...
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Was There Karotin?
The beginning of the 30s of the last century. A leak of classified information was found at the Sovi...
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Latvju pūrs pielocīts. Latgale
The fourth film in the series about Latvian regional folk costumes – Shrovetide traditions in Latgal...
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