Luijs Šmits

Kara ceļa mantinieki (1973)

My Wealthy Mistress (1969)

Riga, the 1930s. Oļģerts Kurmis, an educated unemployed, does all kinds of odd jobs. Together with his friend, vagrant Frīdis, they sometimes work for Mr. Kalnkāja who dreams of becoming a member of parliament. Kurmis feels responsible for his neighbou ...

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 Swamp Wader (1966)

Latvia in the late 19th century. Edgars, the coachman of Alaine manor, loves Kristine, the washerwoman's daughter, although he is too hot-headed for Kristine's mother to consider him a good suitor for his daughter. Servant Viskrelis and stable boy Sutka tr ...

Tobago Changes Course (1966)

Summer, 1940. Foreseeing the collapse of the Ulmanis regime, the owner of a ship sailing off the coast of Latvia decides to flee the country. Subsequently, the sailors learn about the establishment of Soviet power in their homeland, and the ship changes co ...

Two in Love (1965)

Sergei, an aspiring musician, accidentally meets a deaf-mute girl, Natasha, and falls in love with her. He has to change a lot to prepare himself for a new relationship with a different and very vulnerable person. Natasha is like an alien or an alieness wi ...

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. ...

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. ...

Nauris (1957)

Causes and effects (1956)

This screen adaptation of Andrejs Upītis' novella marks the debut in Latvian cinema of two of the first graduates of the Moscow Film Institute - director Varis Krūmiņš and cinematographer Māris Rudzītis. An egg comes out of a shopping bag and breaks ...

To a New Shore (1955)

The dramatic fates of the Līdumu, Tauriņu, and Pacepļu families from the 1920s to the 1950s. The conflict between the Līdumu and Tauriņu dynasties as a class struggle, ending with the victory of the Līdumu family. ...

Mājup ar uzvaru (1948)

Kaugurieši (1941)