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71
15
7.9
/377/
72
/8/
60
/8/
3.8
/790/

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 deems the lyrics "unsuitable and frivolous” and "unfit for the Soviet youth”, and is later powerless to stop the grindstone of public debate, which she has herself initiated.
poster
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4.1
/15/

Saved Name (1973)
Grishka Hamuraru, the grandson of the underground fighter Samson Hamuraru, who is still unjustly considered a traitor in the Moldovan village of Vioreni for having led a partisan group to ruin during the war, decides to conduct his own investigation and restore his grandfather's good name.
poster
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10
/1/
80
/1/

Before the Big Road to War (1987)
The film takes place in the pre-war years. NKVD captain Frolov is investigating a sabotage at a chemical plant. Suspicion falls on circus performer Erwin Gross. However, the villainous murder of a clown suspends the investigation. It is only with the help of young circus gymnasts that Frolov manages to establish the truth...
poster
?
10
/1/

Muskal (1990)
Young investigator leads cases related to drug trafficking, while his boss, connected to the underworld, seeks his arrest.
poster
?
5.3
/11/

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.
poster
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6.5
/26/
10
/1/

Brothers Rico (1980)
N/A
poster
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5.8
/28/
60
/1/
70
/1/

Маленький сержант (1976)
N/A
poster
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6.6
/14/
50
/1/

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 his private life and even familiar with his diary. The musician begins to suspect something is wrong, but when his daughter's well-being is threatened, Stefan becomes truly worried...
poster
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5.9
/23/
10
/1/

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...
poster
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5.2
/66/
10
/1/

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 connection with the secret services. He becomes the object of blackmail, but does not change his intentions to expose Alden.
poster
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6.0
/63/
10
/1/
85
/2/

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.
poster
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5.6
/29/
10
/1/
70
/1/

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.
poster
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5.6
/22/
50
/6/

The Fortress (1979)
A group of Soviet paratroopers are engaged in a secret operation in Adriatic sea during the last year of WWII.
poster
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5.6
/27/
10
/1/
80
/1/

The City Under the Limes (1971)
N/A
poster
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10
/1/
5
/1/

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“...
poster
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5.9
/52/
20
/2/
60
/1/

With No Expiration Date (1986)
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 all, the crimes of SS agents have no statute of limitations.
poster
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5.8
/18/
10
/1/
80
/1/

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 an uprising. The course of events was accelerated by an action taken by French prisoners of war. They barricaded themselves in the bunker and were ready, sacrificing themselves, to undermine the fortress.
poster
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5.4
/60/
30
/2/
55
/2/

A Ring from Amsterdam (1982)
A young sailor suddenly gets involved into a spy game between KGB and CIA.
poster
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6.1
/9/
10
/1/
90
/1/

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 Maclain.
poster
?
60
/1/

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 – in a match against basketball players from a sports school, Aivars is named the best player.
poster
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6.7
/97/
42
/4/
25
/8/

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 beloved, the shooter of the guard shows miracles of courage and nobility ...
poster
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5.6
/8/
10
/1/

Набат на рассвете (1986)
A movie novel about academician Kostromin, whose prototype was Ukrainian scientist V. I. Vernadsky (1863-1945).
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5.4
/26/
10
/1/
100
/1/

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 spontaneous uprising of the poor, which swept the entire south of Bessarabia and was brutally suppressed by the punitive occupation forces.
poster
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5.7
/18/

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 conclude a contract for the construction of the plant becomes known to American businessmen, who are not interested in this cooperation. Ron Kluger comes to Moscow to interfere with the negotiations...
poster
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6.2
/30/
10
/1/
70
/2/

The Triple Control (1970)
A Soviet officer serves as a counterspy amidst enemies.
poster
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5.1
/60/
50
/4/
48
/5/

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 sun energy and light. At the same time a strange flower is brought to the Earth from a dead planet.
poster
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5.4
/78/
10
/1/
53
/5/

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 his friends and families help him to find some Soviet patriotism inside his soul.
poster
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6.4
/19/
35
/2/
45
/2/

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 secret Tu-134 UBL - a combat training laboratory) and the tragic events associated with them, given to journalist Odintsov by test pilot Borovsky. Testing of a new jet aircraft, the psychology of human life, the problems and joys of life of pilots - all this is closely intertwined in the film. The heroes of the film - friends test pilots Dolotov and Sanin - have walked together all their lives. But it so happened that one of them, Dolotov, was once unfairly suspended from flying, while Sanin failed to protect and support his friend. Friends' paths diverged...
poster
47
?
5.5
/139/
40
/7/
48
/10/

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-holes and tries to draw attention many other ways.
poster
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6.1
/30/
10
/1/

Spanish Version (1980)
A story of a Latvian journalist spying for USSR in Spain during the civil war.
poster
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6.4
/76/
10
/1/
20
/1/

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 miserably lazy police officers Kvant and Kristiansson instead of catching criminal would not argue with father of little 3 years old boy who yelled: "Police, police, mashed potatoes" when they ate hot dogs. Help comes from capital in form of the famous Commissioner Martin Beck, who discovers that murdered industrialist was involved in illegal activities and had many enemies. The case is linked as well with government's "higher ends".
poster
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6.1
/14/

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.
poster
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10
/1/

The Large Amber (1972)
A band arrives late at the competition. They try to find the jury and show their performance.
poster
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6.0
/85/
10
/1/
48
/4/

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.
poster
DocAlliance Films
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5.5
/73/
60
/1/

The Hostage (2006)
The Hijacker lands the plane at the Rīga Airport. 7 year-old Tom, travelling on his own, voluntarily becomes a hostage. Along with the traditional demands, the Hijacker adds the demands of the little hostage – beginning with some local chocolate and a self-instruction tape for learning the native language, and ending with organizing a Song Festival and a special biathletes’ performance – all ideas originating from a CD on Latvia.
poster
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5.7
/65/
70
/1/
56
/6/

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.
poster
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70
/1/

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 cargo of weapons to the shores of Russia. Having recruited a team of old and tried comrades, Trautman changes the crew of an English cargo ship bought by the front men. In the course of the squabble that arose on this occasion, a sailor of the old crew, David Blake, was stabbed. The wounded Blake and the veterinarian Gruber, who accompanied the cargo of anthrax drugs, are forced to leave on board. On the high seas, weapons and explosives were loaded on board. The steamer headed for the Oresund Strait, where a messenger was to meet him.
poster
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6.8
/44/
10
/1/
90
/2/

Code of Silence (1990)
N/A
poster
60
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6.6
/129/
75
/2/
30
/2/
3.6
/225/

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.
poster
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6.3
/79/
60
/1/
47
/3/

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 around him in danger.
poster
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7.0
/67/
10
/1/
67
/3/

Strong with Spirit (1967)
Story of a Russian intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov (known as lieutenant Paul Wilhelm Zibert) who worked in the capital of occupied by fascist troops Ukraine. 960 days and nights were left until the end of the Second World War.
poster
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5.5
/35/
10
/1/
60
/1/

Seven Screams Across the Sea (1986)
A fantastical fable based on a play by Alejandro Casona.
poster
50
?
6.7
/102/
43
/3/
40
/3/

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.
poster
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6.8
/99/
40
/2/
42
/10/

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 antenna for the satellite. Everything was planned accurately. But the CIA never counted on the relentless pursuit of a frontier guard who sees the spy's parachute on landing.
poster
54
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6.7
/176/
43
/3/
52
/8/

The Return Of The 'Saint Luke' (1970)
In the first movie colonel Zorin is trying to find a stolen "Saint Luke" painting.
poster
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7.3
/73/
57
/4/
67
/6/

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.
poster
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5.4
/29/
10
/1/
50
/1/

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 consumer. To do this, you must cope with new technologies.
poster
?
7.1
/77/
70
/2/
46
/5/

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.


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