1930 · drama · silent · latvian
The Lacplesis
Directed by Aleksandrs Rusteiķis1h 40m1930
The Latvian epic "Lāčplēsis" resounds through time and parallels the struggles of a Latvian soldier and his love before, during and after WWI.
Our read: The Lacplesis (1930) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama · silent · latvian entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, measured drama / silent, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
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