Escaping Riga

The story

The film is based on true events, it tells the stories of two outstanding personalities of the 20th century – Sergei Eisenstein and Isaiah Berlin, who were both born and spent their childhood in Riga but soon had to leave the city. The film follows the lives of the two characters during the turbulent first half of the 20th century, telling how one of them becomes “the greatest film director of his generation” in the totalitarian Soviet Union, and the other “the greatest thinker of his generation” in liberal Great Britain.

Cast & crew

Gustavs Briedis

Gustavs Briedisyoung Berlin

Gints GrūbeSir Isiah Berlin

Mihails Karasikovs

Mihails KarasikovsSergei Eisenstein

Viktors Puglejevs

Viktors Puglejevsyoung Eisenstein

Mārtiņš Počsyoung Eisenstein #2

Lauma Balode

Lauma BalodeEisenstein's dream woman

Anna Heinrihsone

Anna HeinrihsoneCast

Robert Cottrel

Robert CottrelCast

Artūrs Kondrāts

Artūrs KondrātsCast

Māris Pūris

Māris PūrisCast

Leo Hiršsons

Leo HiršsonsCast

Agris MāsēnsCast