Movie

Rainis (1949)

• January 26, 1949
• 1h 37m

• History

Overview

A biopic of Rainis (born as Jānis Pliekšāns), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician, whose works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.

Director

Yuli Raizman

Writers

Vladimir Kreps, Fricis Rokpelnis

Starring

Jānis Grantiņš, Milda Klētniece, Artūrs Filipsons