I Remember Everything, Richard

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name = Es visu atceros, Ričard (Akmens un šķembas)


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director = Rolands Kalniņš
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starring = Eduards Pāvuls Antra Liedskalniņa Harijs Liepiņš Pauls Butkēvičs Uldis Pūcītis
music = Ludgards Gedravičus
cinematography = Miks Zvirbulis
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distributor = Rīgas kinostudija Gilde Film Studio
released = 1966
runtime = 83 min.
country = Latvian SSR, USSR
language = Latvian
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"I Remember Everything, Richard" ( _lv. Es visu atceros, Ričard) is a 1966 film produced during Soviet period at the Riga Film Studio. Another name for the film is "Rock and Splinters" ( _lv. Akmens un šķembas), which is normally applied to the uncut version.

The film's director was Rolands Kalniņš.

Plot

Synopsis in brief: Three friends—Jānis, Zigis and Ričards—are mobilized into the Latvian Legion during World War II, where they fight against the Red Army in the Volkhov Marshes. Zigis is killed while attempting to desert to the Soviets. Twenty years later the two surviving friends meet again. Jānis has stayed in Soviet Latvia and accepted the new order, while Ričards arrives from abroad, having become an agent to the Western powers hostile to the Soviet system.

Remarkably, while produced during the Soviet period and being full of Soviet propaganda clichés, the film rather objectively describes the events surrounding participation of Latvian Legion in battles against Soviets on the Leningrad Front during World War II. This sharply contrasts the current official stance of the Russian Federation, which uses the Legion issue to assert political and ideological pressure on Latvia on international scene.

Cast

The film's cast featured several important Latvian actors: Eduards Pāvuls, Antra Liedskalniņa, Harijs Liepiņš, Pauls Butkēvičs, Uldis Pūcītis.

External links

* [http://www.latfilma.lv/s/048/ Akmens un šķembas on VHS - Gilde Film Studio]
*http://www.km.gov.lv/ui/main.asp?id=23155 lv icon