Blizzard of Souls (2020)

The love story of the sixteen-year-old Arturs gets interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is ... See full summary »

Director:

Dzintars Dreibergs

Writers:

Boriss Frumins, Aleksandrs Grins (novel)

Stars:

Martins Vilsons, Rezija Kalnina, Lauma Balode

Cast

Credited cast, sorted by IMDb STARmeter:
Martins Vilsons
Rezija Kalnina
Lauma Balode	...	Mother of Gatis
Oskars Holsteins	...	Extra
Oto Brantevics	...	Arturs Vanags

Storyline

The love story of the sixteen-year-old Arturs gets interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time the Russian Empire permits national battalions. However, war is nothing like Arturs imagined - no glory, no fairness. It is brutal and painful. Arturs is now completely alone as the war takes the lives of his father and brother. Also, no progress is made in the promised quick resolution of the war and timely return home. Within the notion that only he alone cares about returning home and that his homeland is just a playground for other nations, Arturs finds strength for the final battle and eventually returns home to start everything from scratch, just like his newly born country.

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Taglines:

A sixteen-year-old Arturs enlists to fight in WWI with dreams of becoming a hero, but after surviving the brutalities of trench warfare and the loss of his family, he wonders if his efforts in battle were futile and if hope is only to be found in rebuilding a family and a home as Latvia itself is born from the atrocities of war.

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Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Latvia

Language:

Latvian

Release Date:

2020 (Latvia)

Also Known As:

Blizzard of Souls

Filming Locations:

Adazi, Latvia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kultfilma

Technical Specs

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