A spy, a church, and a coup that history forgot to mention.
The Second World War has just ended, but national partisans are still hiding in Latvia's forests and fighting against the Soviet regime. Ansis Leinasars, who has been tasked to spark a coup in Latvia, arrives by night from across the sea, but his work is hampered at every step. His last hope is a meeting with the partisans in a church...
Cinematography
Black-and-white forests that swallow characters whole.
Acting
Liepiņš carries exhaustion like a second skin.
Director
Aloiz Brench
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Thaw but shelved; Latvian partisans were taboo subjects in Soviet cinema, making this a buried national wound.
Brench supposedly shot alternate endings depending on which censor was watching—the version you find reveals who won that week.
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