Rainis

Rainis

97 mins | History | Nov. 26, 1949

A biopic of Rainis (born as Jānis Pliekšāns), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician, whose works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.

Rainis

97 mins | History | Nov. 26, 1949

Rainis
A biopic of Rainis (born as Jānis Pliekšāns), a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician, whose works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.
Producers Rīgas kinostudija
Original title Rainis
Directors Yuli Raizman
Writers Vladimir Kreps, Fricis Rokpelnis

Cast

Jānis Grantiņš

as Rainis

Milda Klētniece

as Aspazija

Artūrs Filipsons

as Peteris

Elza Radzina

as Dora

Mārtiņš Vērdiņš

as Nikanorov

Roberts Mustaps

as Aleksandrov

Baiba Indriksone

as Abelita

Amalija Jaunvalka

as Kalnius

Jānis Osis

as Baron Otto von Meyerdorf