Sons

Sons

89 mins | Drama, War | May 31, 1946

In one of the regions of Latvia occupied by the Nazis, the Germans arrest a peasant boy named Janis. His first escape ends in another arrest. This time, he is detained by his younger brother, who has become a policeman. After his next escape, his wife Ilga and daughter are sent to a concentration camp. Now Janis is ready to do anything to save them.

Sons

89 mins | Drama, War | May 31, 1946

Sons
In one of the regions of Latvia occupied by the Nazis, the Germans arrest a peasant boy named Janis. His first escape ends in another arrest. This time, he is detained by his younger brother, who has become a policeman. After his next escape, his wife Ilga and daughter are sent to a concentration camp. Now Janis is ready to do anything to save them.
Producers Lenfilm, Rīgas kinostudija
Original title Сыновья
Directors N. Alexeev, Andrei Apsolon, Aleksandr Ivanov
Writers Rainis, Andrei Apsolon, Arvīds Grigulis, Fjodors Knorre

Cast

Oleg Zhakov

as Yanis

Lidiya Smirnova

as Ilga, Yanis' Wife

Vasili Vanin

as The Miller

Vasili Merkuryev

as Karlis, the Mechanic

Lidiya Sukharevskaya

as Christina

Gennadi Michurin

as Partisan Leader

Grigoriy Shpigel

as Lt. Brenner

Žanis Katlaps

as Artur