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.
Released: Jan 26, 1949
Runtime: 97 minutes
Genre: History
Stars: Jānis Grantiņš, Milda Klētniece, Artūrs Filipsons, Elza Radziņa, Martinsh Verdinsh, Roberts Mustaps
Crew: Yuli Raizman (Director), Fricis Rokpelnis (Writer), Vladimir Kreps (Writer), Herberts Līkums (Art Direction), Yu-Lan Chen (Director of Photography), Aleksandr Shelenkov (Director of Photography)