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11/11/2019 War, Drama, History 2h 4m
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Overview

The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian Empire. But war is nothing like Arturs imagined – no glory, no fairness. It is brutal and painful. Arturs is now completely alone as war takes the lives of his father and brother. Also, no progress is made in the promised quick resolution of the war and timely return home. Within the notion that only he alone cares about returning home and that his homeland is just a playground for other nations, Arturs finds strength for the final battle and eventually returns home to start everything from scratch, just like his newly born country.

  1. Dzintars Dreibergs

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Oto Brantevics

    Arturs Vanags

  2. Vilis Daudziņš

    Col. Sala

  3. Ivars Krasts

  4. Gatis Gāga

    Konrads

  5. Martins Vilsons

    Vanags

  6. Rēzija Kalniņa

    Mother

  7. Raimonds Celms

    Edgars Vanags

  8. Jēkabs Reinis

    Mikelsons

  9. Ieva Florence-Vīksne

    Mirdza

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A review by MovieGuys
Written by MovieGuys on 2023-06-14
Based on the book by the same name, Blizzard of Souls, is an insight into Latvia's tragic wartime past.

Set during WWI, Blizzard of Souls, offers an un-glamorous insight into the horror of war. The obsessive militarism and nationalism of the period, fail to mitigate wars reality. That is, the loss of innocent life.

The emotional deadening of the individual, exacted by war, compounds again and again, with each successive personal loss experienced by the main character, Arturs. By the end of the film, war has consumed Arturs life, becoming all defines him and in a sad irony, the lives of y...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Latvian

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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