Uldis Pūcītis

Maija and Paija (1991)

A Latvian fairy-tale film based on Anna Brigadere's classic play. It follows two stepsisters: gentle, hardworking Maija and spoiled, idle Paija whose trials in the underworld reveal their true natures, with rewards and consequences to match. ...

Ibsen's Motif (1984)

A meditation on Henrik Ibsen's plays "Brand" and "Peer Gynt". ...

Short Tutorial on Loving (1982)

In the Latvian countryside at the end of the 19th century, Jānis decides it is time to find a wife—but choosing the right one proves no easy task. Pretending to have gone deaf after listening to church bells from the bell tower, he visits the surroundin ...

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. ...

Brothers Rico (1980)

Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979)

The police get a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly, an avalanche cuts them off from the rest of the world and strange things start happening. ...

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 ...

On the Track of the Wolf (1977)

The film reproduces the events of the summer of 1921, when Kotovsky, at the head of a separate cavalry brigade, completed the defeat of the Antonov counterrevolutionary rebellion in the Tambov region, destroying Matyukhin's gang. ...

To Be Unwanted (1977)

Valdemārs 'Voldis' Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to per ...

Reflection in the Water (1977)

Based on a story by Janis Lapsa, written by Janis Lapsa and Andris Kolbergs, film is a singular work, filled with human warmth. It is a story about a talented surgeon Markalns, who after a serious personal crisis, returns to his native town in order to sta ...

Keys to Paradise (1976)

Successful work and life of a brave militia captain who does not know much about human psychology. ...

Light at the End of the Tunnel (1974)

A load of gold is stolen. Detectives make criminals play by their rules. ...

Siberian Grandfather (1974)

Story about one of the leaders of the partisan movement Nestor Kalandarishvili during Russian Civil War in Siberia. ...

Landing (1973)

Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Rein, but the long separations have tortured her. It seems to her that the man cares more about his work than about her. Rein really loves his work, but his wife just as passionately. He does not understand how ...

Meldru mežs (1971)

The film is about the fisherman Styopa, who alone survived the sinking of a fishing vessel. ...

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 Risk (1971)

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

The Experiment of Dr. Abst (1968)

During WWII Red Army sailor suddenly gets to German underwater swimmers secret base... ...

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 ...

Captain Enrico's Watch (1967)

A young boy finds a watch with an engraving in Spanish saying that the watch belongs to Captain Enrico, and adventures begin... ...

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 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 ...

Autumn Is Still Far Away (1966)

A young girl is puzzled when she has to choose a husband. She cannot decide whether to marry her childhood friend or a recently met nouveau riche. ...

The Bicycle Tamers (1964)

A comedy about a young inventor girl, a brave veterinarian, his athletic friend and funny cycling races, where not strongest wins, but true friendship and love. ...

Izpostītā ligzda (1998)

A family drama based on the short story "The Edge of the Abyss" by Raimonds Trasuns. ...