Oļgerts Kroders

The Fifth Hamlet (2009)

What does the question "to be or not to be?" mean? 86 year-old director Olģerts Kroders stages his fourth production of Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Valmiera Drama Theatre. The theatre is more than merely his occupation, for he not only works there but als ...

Hide-and-seek (2001)

A young woman, Regina, has been killed in her apartment. Investigator Anderson holds Regina's husband as a suspect for a murder because he is unable to remember his location at the time of the fateful event. Gradually, Anderson is convinced that Oto has no ...

Secrets of the De Granshan Family (1993)

A story of love, jealousy and betrayal. But always, even under fatal circumstances, nobility will find its way to the light. Gertrude, a former governess, marries the count and cheats on him. She has long been in love with the count's business manager and ...

Spider (1992)

A young woman agrees to model for an artist as the Virgin Mary. His strange influence triggers her repressed sexual urges, causing her to have delusions and nightmares about spiders and other grotesque imagery. ...

Last Reportage (1986)

The Last Road (1986)

About the death of Aleksandr Pushkin, the leading poet and writer of Russia, who was shot on a duel and died when he was 37. ...

Contract of the Century (1985)

In order to negotiate with West German financiers about the construction of the gas pipeline between Siberia and Western Europe, a delegation of Soviet foreign trade collaborators flies to Germany, where they immediately come under CIA surveillance: U.S. i ...

My Friend Socrates (1984)

A story about ten years old Raymond who wants to learn how to drive a car. ...

The Testament of Professor Dowell (1984)

The film is based on the popular science-fiction novel "Professor Dowell's Head" by Russian writer Alexander Belyaev. For many years, a prominent scientist had been striving to solve the problem of immortality. He shared the results of his daring and risky ...

The Longest Straw (1982)

Post-war Latvia. Francis' gang operates in a small town and the new KGB agent Juris Vilks has been asked to infiltrate his gang and gain his confidence. ...

Wait for the «John Grafton» (1979)

At the beginning of the summer of 1905, representatives of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party Krasilnikov and Elkonen turned to Captain Zhanis Trautman, a Latvian political emigrant living on the outskirts of London, with a proposal to lead a steamer with a ...

Your Son (1978)

Gifts over the Phone (1978)

After the train conductor Pētersons receives money transfer from an unknown source, he suspects foul play involving the cargo he's transporting. He decides to do his own investigation into the matter, not realizing that he's putting himself and those arou ...

Special Forces Unit (1978)

Intelligence-diversionary group of athletes who know how to shoot snipers, run, jump, feel free in the water and under water, to withstand the monstrous load of hand-to-hand fights, will be able to reach the goal only going together, passing the task as a ...

Motorcycle Summer (1975)

On his 18th birthday, Māris receives a motorcycle from his parents, and, while driving around with his friends, they pass a wedding car. The bride, Inese, is entering a loveless marriage, so she allows Māris to steal her from the wedding reception. ...

Identification (1974)

Baron Karl Ludwig von Oster, the owner of a giant concern, one of the industrial magnates of Germany, convicted at the Nuremberg trials, was released by the American military administration and is now testing new weapons. The film is based on a judicial du ...

Silence of Doctor Ivens (1974)

In the surreal aftermath to a plane crash at sea Dr. Iven an eminent scientist is the only survivor to be taken into the confidence of the alien rescuers. He learns that the world with its weapons of mass destruction is not ready for the wonders of the cul ...

Ceplis (1972)

Latvia in the 1920s. The enterprising Edgars Ceplis establishes a company to produce bricks from Latvian clay for export. Many are involved in his project, hoping for the huge profits the venture promises. Ceplis soon becomes infatuated with his office typ ...

The Risk (1971)

1944. On the Polish front, the fascists are building a secret defensive barrier. ...

24-25 Doesn't Come Back (1969)

In the experimental clinic, a batch of valuable drug was stolen. Major Grigast suspects that someone from the clinic is involved in this. He entrusts this complex matter to a young investigator Mara. An investigation leads her to a distant border town in t ...

Four White Shirts (1967)

Cezars Kalnins installs telephones by day and composes pop songs by night. His band has a hard time receiving the permit from Soviet censorship authorities for a public debut. A member of the Culture Committee superficially listens to Cēzars' songs and de ...