Season 4 • Episode 12
LatestThe storyline of the series is inspired by the events of 1994 in Jelgava, when 89 prisoners escaped from Pārlielupe Prison, tens of thousands of people were involved in their search, and mass arrests continued for ten years. dramas of mutual relations, a massive and enigmatic escape is organized, in parallel with the flourishing of the love of the main character and the daughter of the head of the prison and the hopes for a new, beautiful life.
Writing
Real 1994 prison break. Truth stranger than fiction.
Production
Authentic Jelgava locations. You can taste the cold.
Acting
Andris Bulis carries impossible choices with haunted silence.
Creator
Ivars Lubāns
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Creator Ivars Lubāns interviewed actual Pārlielupe escape survivors, some still anonymous thirty years later.
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