Elza Radziņa
Birthday: 1917-02-10
Place of Birth: Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]
Biography: Elza Radziņa (February 10, 1917; Kharkiv, Russian Empire – August 18, 2005; Riga, Latvia) was a Soviet Latvian theater and cinema actress, master of the spoken word (reader). She received award of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Order of the Three Stars in 1995. She studied in Jelgava theater studio in 1942. After the World War II worked in Jelgava Drama theater (1945-1953). For a brief moment she worked in Valmiera Drama theater, but from 1954 worked in Latvian National Theater, where she became one of the leading actresses. In 1949 she made her debut in biographical drama film "Rainis" from Riga Film Studio.
Movies
King Lear
King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their ...
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The Last Relic
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants...
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Hamlet
Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen ...
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Favorite
Alan York is a race horse jockey who sees his friend and chief rival jockey fall to his death during...
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Agent of the Secret Service
Musician Stefan meets a young attractive woman Lidia. Stefan is going on tour to Austria, and Lydia,...
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The Swamp Wader
In this film, set in Latvia in the late 19th century, Edgars, the coachman of Alaine Manor, loves Kr...
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Family Album
A strong-willed, energetic woman who has earned the deepest respect and authority through her work, ...
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Maija and Paija
A Latvian fairy-tale film based on Anna Brigadere’s classic play. It follows two stepsisters: gentle...
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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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Blow, Wind!
Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian lit...
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Inspector Goole
Sudden arrival of a police inspector in the middle of a bourgeois family's dinner party reveals vari...
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Secret of the Blackbirds
Mr. Fortescue, owner of a big company, unexpectedly dies. The autopsy shows that he has been poisone...
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Rainis
A biopic of Rainis (born as Jānis Pliekšāns), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician...
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How the Steel Was Tempered
The path of a young revolutionary during the formation of Soviet power during the Bolshevik coup....
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Sergey Ivanovich Retires
Accountant Sergey Ivanovich is retiring. Finally, he will be able to devote all his free time to his...
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The Courage to Kill
Erik lives by night. He works in a nightclub and occasionally dresses up as a woman to rob rich clie...
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The Photo of a Woman with a Boar
The 1980s. Kārlis did his military service in Afghanistan and is now confined to a wheelchair. Befor...
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Littlefinger
Little Littlefinger's evil stepmother exploits him amd makes his life very hard, so the little sheph...
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Rain Blues
A lonely thirty year-old woman lives in a small apartment on the edge of town. She meets a man, life...
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Devil's Servants
Three brave Latvian guys - Andris, Peter and Ermanis - justice, friendship and love for the totally ...
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The Times of the Surveyors
Land surveyors arrive in two parishes to measure and redistribute manor land. The rivalry between bo...
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Klavs - The Son of Martin
The son of Martins Viksna, the collective farm chairman, Klavs comes home from the military service ...
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Hide-and-seek
A young woman, Regina, has been killed in her apartment. Investigator Anderson holds Regina’s husban...
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Devil's Servants on a Devil's Mill
The 30-year war still goes on. Riga headmasters have decided to submit themselves to mercy of Polish...
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The Republic of Varnu Street
Children of Varnu Street whose fathers work in nearby factories face the "Tuliana Empire" - a group ...
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Death Under Sail
Roger Mills, a Harley Street specialist, is taking a sailing holiday on the Norfolk Broads. When his...
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Behind Glass Door
Gunar Berg is studying at the Polytechnic Institute. He is eighteen years old and comes from a well-...
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Maritime Climates
The colourful musical comedy Maritime Climates could have been a triumph of smart political satire –...
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We Accuse
On May 1, 1960, on the eve of the meeting of the heads of government of the USSR and the United Stat...
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Defying Fate
The events of the film take place in Latvia during the 1930s to the 1950s. Klinta, a young, poor, an...
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The Last Visit
During one of her business trips, journalist Saira Burton receives news of her husband Tom's death. ...
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