Pauls Butkevics

The Dogs of Riga (1995)

A lifeboat floats ashore at the coast of Skåne. Inside are two dead men who who've been murdered. Policeman Kurt Wallander is assigned to the case. The men are identified with the help of the police in Latvia. One of their officers travel to Sweden to to ...

Vivat, Naval Cadets! (1991)

In the second movie the Naval Cadets are guarding the princess coming from Germany to marry a Russian prince. ...

Rats, or Night Mafia (1991)

A former orphanage resident, having served time for a fight, returns to his hometown, terrorized by the local mafia. Not wanting to put up with their criminal laws, the hero courageously enters into battle... ...

Code of Silence (1990)

Muskal (1990)

Young investigator leads cases related to drug trafficking, while his boss, connected to the underworld, seeks his arrest. ...

The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard (1990)

France, XV century. The young Scot, striving to make his worthy efforts, is kindly treated by the king and admitted to the guard. Soon the king entrusts him with a difficult mission - however, the matter turns into an insidious deception. Saving his belove ...

Aija (1987)

After twelve years in the city Jānis returns to the country and marries his first love - now a widow with three children - Aija. But the happiness is not meant to be because the husband and the wife share different views of life and, ultimately, can't wor ...

With No Expiration Date (1987)

Leaving the seaside town at the end of the Great Patriotic War, the SS men hid lists of secret agents. A few years later, Sam Page, a former fascist mercenary Semyon Paygin, and two other agents come to the USSR in order to search for the archive. After al ...

Cry of a Dolphin (1987)

The crew of the new American strategic missile submarine "Archelon" is struck by an unknown virus. The command must decide on removing the submarine from combat duty and sending the crew to quarantine. ...

The Barman from 'Golden Anchor' (1986)

A barman from an elite bar for Soviet nomenklatura is greedy and not a true Leninist at all. Someone who in the Soviet Union often becomes an 'easy pray' for evil CIA agents. The barman from the "Golden Anchor" is about to become a CIA agent himself but hi ...

Seven Screams Across the Sea (1986)

A fantastical fable based on a play by Alejandro Casona. ...

Interception (1986)

A top American spy is in charge of a delicate mission. The USA plans to infiltrate several U-boats in the sea of Vladivostok, however they need the soviet surveillance satellite to stay 'blind' for a couple of hours, so this spy is sent to damage the anten ...

Набат на рассвете (1986)

A movie novel about academician Kostromin, whose prototype was Ukrainian scientist V. I. Vernadsky (1863-1945). ...

From Pay to Pay (1986)

The shoe factory is undergoing production reform. Poor quality shoes no longer bring savings, the company began to suffer only losses. To get out of this crisis, the factory management decided to produce normal products designed for the wishes of the consu ...

Victory (1985)

30 years after the end of World War II, a Soviet and an American journalist meet again for realizing post war paths of their countries. ...

European Story (1984)

Two candidates are vying for the post of mayor of one of the major Western European cities - the Social Democrat Dr. Hayden and the "free nationalist" Alden. On the eve of the election, an independent journalist receives documents confirming Alden's connec ...

Seven Elements (1984)

The Earth is facing great problems in the nearest future it is in the lack of sun light. Physicist Olmin is leading the project to build a special tunnel - made of elementary fractions - from the sun to the earth, in order to the earth could get much more ...

Incident at Map-Grid 36-80 (1982)

Russian naval pilots risk death to help stop a American Submarine whose defective reactor threatens a nuclear meltdown. ...

Tenderness for the Roaring Beast (1982)

Based on the novel of the same name by A. Bakhvalov. The plot is based on a story-interview about the testing of the new strategic missile carrier Tu-22K and Tu-22M2/M3 (for well-known reasons, in close-ups, instead of them, the film shot the then less sec ...

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 ...

A Ring from Amsterdam (1982)

A young sailor suddenly gets involved into a spy game between KGB and CIA. ...

Синдикат-2 (1981)

Boomerang (1981)

Black public figure Jim Taylor is pursued by the police. He dies from a bullet in the head. In a private clinic, he is transplanted with the brain of Sheriff Maclain, who died in a car accident. While remaining black, he begins to think like a racist Macla ...

Tony Wendice's Mistake (1981)

An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. ...

The Aquanauts (1980)

While doing their work on the deep underwater station two aquanauts discover strange mystery: it seems as if one of the aquanaut's girlfriend who recently died in a car crash had turned into a big manta fish. That manta writes words on the station's port-h ...

Fairfax's Millions (1980)

As the classic rightly noted, it is customary to treat the diseases of wealthy people with respect. Only a heart transplant can save the dying life of a millionaire Ferfax. In search of a suitable donor for his best client, Dr. Jones makes a series of kil ...

Spanish Version (1980)

A story of a Latvian journalist spying for USSR in Spain during the civil war. ...

Brothers Rico (1980)

Spanish Version (1980)

Soviet spy works in Spain during the second half of Thirties. Based on Yulian Semyonov novel. ...

School (1980)

The action of the movie takes place during the Bolshevik coup. A fifteen-year-old teenager from the province, becoming a fighter of the Red Army, successfully passes the beginning of a great path of the school of "courage"... ...

Inspector Goole (1979)

Sudden arrival of a police inspector in the middle of a bourgeois family's dinner party reveals various sordid and shameful secrets that may have contributed to the recent suicide of an impoverished young woman. ...

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 ...

Unfinnished Dinner (1979)

In one of the prestigious restaurants during banquet speech a large company's director Palmgren is killed in front of dozen guests . Case is lead by Criminal Investigation Officer Pierre Monson with his assistants. Suspect can be easily intercepted if only ...

Tāpēc, ka es esmu Aivars Līdaks (1979)

Aivars Līdaks is 12 years old and not very tall, but his dream is to play basketball at the highest level. During the summer holidays, Aivars trains relentlessly and inspires other teenagers with his determination, achieving the seemingly impossible – i ...

Agent of the Secret Service (1979)

Musician Stefan meets a young attractive woman Lidia. Stefan is going on tour to Austria, and Lydia, "accidentally" remembering her Viennese acquaintance, asks to give her a souvenir from Moldova. In Vienna, Stefan is met by people who are well aware of hi ...

The Fortress (1979)

A group of Soviet paratroopers are engaged in a secret operation in Adriatic sea during the last year of WWII. ...

The Grand New Year's Night (1978)

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 ...

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 ...

Rally (1978)

During an international rally two contestants find a hidden painting in the door of their car. In order to not get removed from the track riders do not report to their team management. ...

The Diamond Trail (1978)

An expedition group led by Professor Shestakov arrives in one of the regions of Siberia to search for diamonds. The research begins with a dramatic event: The expedition leader dies suddenly. However, the geologists decide to continue the difficult, danger ...

Master (1977)

Artūrs comes back to Riga after serving in army and faces changes because of his years of absence- his girlfriend has met another man, his work in a factory in a superior position brings changes to relationships with acquaintances. ...

Borisek (1976)

The ten-year-old orphan Borisek is fathered by the entire military unit. The boy serves there with determination as a medic. When he and the soldiers reach Bohemia, he meets the mother of the soldier he saw die, but for a long time he does not find the cou ...

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. ...

If You Want To Be Happy (1974)

Andrei and Tanya love each other, which is why frequent partings are so difficult for them: Andrei is a test pilot, and Tanya works on television, and both are constantly on business trips. They have two sons — twins. For eight years of marriage, they ca ...

Wrath (1974)

Historical drama about the Tatarbunar uprising in southern Bessarabia in September 1924. The plot is based on the complicated relationship between two brothers standing on opposite sides of the barricades. The betrayal of one of the brothers led to a spont ...

Comrade Brigade (1974)

The action takes place in one of the major port cities of the North. Young welder Mark Talalin and foreman Ilya Besedin cannot find the true reasons for their disagreements and conflicts. ...

Checkmate to the Queen of Diamonds (1973)

A detective and a militia captain are working together investigating a murder. When their job is done, the feelings do not let them say goodbye. ...

The Chronicle of the Night (1973)

A plane bound for Africa ends up in the hands of hired killers. Their goal is to prevent the Soviet doctor from getting to Lega, where he is to operate on the leader of the liberation movement. ...

Street Without End (1972)

Immediately after the prom, Olya Rusanova arrives in the city where her father worked and tragically died. Many years ago he dreamed of building a city, and now she is walking along the street bearing his name, a street without end. Having met her father's ...

The Large Amber (1972)

A band arrives late at the competition. They try to find the jury and show their performance. ...

Always Alert! (1972)

The first film from the film dilogy "In the North, in the South, in the East, in the West." About the everyday life of Soviet border guards in the 70s. ...

The City Under the Limes (1971)

Белая земля (1971)

Operation Holtsauga was a Nazi plan to destroy Soviet ships and aircraft approaching Murmansk, which was carried out in 1942. Near Bezymyanny Island, a Soviet ship struck a mine and sank, and engineer Okulich, who miraculously survived, was taken prisoner. ...

The Return Of The 'Saint Luke' (1970)

In the first movie colonel Zorin is trying to find a stolen "Saint Luke" painting. ...

Waterloo (1970)

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, ...

The Triple Control (1970)

A Soviet officer serves as a counterspy amidst enemies. ...

Far to the West (1969)

Spring of 1944. The war is nearing its end. Thousands of concentration camp inmates were brought to the Normandy coast to repair the defenses damaged by Allied aircraft. On one of the islands, a small group of prisoners, led by Colonel Zakharov, prepares a ...

Strong with Spirit (1967)

The true story of the Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov, who, behind enemy lines in Ukraine, infiltrated Hitler's headquarters, kidnapped the commander of the punitive troops and executed the imperial adviser. ...

Rock and Splinters (1967)

During World War II three best friends are mobilized into the Waffen-SS Latvian Legion. Years later their fates continue to intertwine, as memories of war loom in back of their minds. ...

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 ...

The Hippocratic Oath (1965)

After a botched surgery a rookie doctor takes a job in a meteorological station in the Arctic Circle. ...