Alfreds Videnieks

Long Road in the Dunes (1982)

The action of the film takes place in Latvia and spans the period from 1939 to the early 1970s. The events that occurred in the country had various effects on the fates of the characters. But throughout it all, love guided them — it scattered and gathere ...

Laikmetu griežos (1981)

A film based on novels by Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts tells a story about Latvian peasants around the 16th/17th century when they were under the role of several other countries. ...

Right of First Signature (1978)

An employee of the foreign trade association Kazakov makes an offer to the American businessman Vikas to invest in the construction of a chemical plant. It was decided to build it on the site of a gasification station in Nizhne-Pechorsk. Vikas' decision to ...

The Committee of 19 (1972)

UN's The Committee of 19 sends six scientists to investigate a biological outbreak in Africa. ...

In the Shadow of Death (1972)

A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises. ...

When Rain and Wind Hit Against Your Window (1967)

The Second World War has just ended, but national partisans are still hiding in Latvia's forests and fighting against the Soviet regime. Ansis Leinasars, who has been tasked to spark a coup in Latvia, arrives by night from across the sea, but his work is h ...

The Skylark Shoots First (1967)

Game Without Tie (1967)

Soviet border guards detained a suspicious individual who claimed to be a lost archaeologist. However, the soldiers were alarmed by the radio transmitter and code he possessed. The case was handed over to the KGB, who were tasked with tracking down and neu ...

Captain Nulle (1964)

Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to include dubious characters in his crew, for example, former captain Bauze and s ...

Moscow – Genoa (1964)

About the first steps of Soviet diplomacy at the international conference in Genoa in 1922. ...

Diena bez vakara (1963)

The directing debut of the acclaimed Latvian cinematographer Māris Rudzītis. ...

General and Daisies (1963)

A simple Polish man, Władek Lekowski, a former pilot, finds himself in exile after World War II due to a ridiculous accident. Poor and without a job or shelter, he sleeps on the beach. There, he meets and falls in love with Zosia, another Polish emigrant ...

Pieviltie (1961)

After becoming a teacher, Janis Lazdan returns to his native village in Latgale. In Novie Gudani, he sees black cassocks everywhere. Nuns sit at the bedside of his sick mother. The girl he loves, Lienite, is dressed in the black habit of a novice. Anton, J ...

Sword and Rose (1959)

Greve hatred of the new world is growing stronger. But explosives are stored under the rocks of Old Riga. Event coincidences becomes too threatening. ...

Latviešu strēlnieka stāsts (1958)

A story of a Latvian rifleman between two revolutions. ...