Overview

The film is based on true events, it tells the stories of two outstanding personalities of the 20th century – Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin, who were both born and spent their childhood in Riga but soon had to leave the city. The film follows the lives of the two characters during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, telling how one of them becomes “the greatest film director of his generation” in the totalitarian Soviet Union, and the other “the greatest thinker of his generation” in liberal Great Britain.

Top Cast

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Gustavs Briedis

young Berlin

Gints Grūbe

Sir Isiah Berlin

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Mihails Karasikovs

Sergei Eisenstein

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Viktors Puglejevs

young Eisenstein

Mārtiņš Počs

young Eisenstein #2

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Lauma Balode

Eisenstein's dream woman

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Anna Heinrihsone

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Robert Cottrel

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Artūrs Kondrāts

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Māris Pūris

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Leo Hiršsons

Agris Māsēns