Dear Life

Dear Life

185 mins | Jan. 4, 1989

A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life's work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia of Latvian life, a poetic reflection of the knowledge of life accumulated over the centuries. The film is based on Krišjānis Barons' life during late 1800s and early 1900s – his childhood and youth in Latvia, studies and work in St. Petersburg and other places in Russia, his relationship with his faithful wife Dārta, and the awakening of the Latvian self-awareness.

Dear Life

185 mins | Jan. 4, 1989

Dear Life
A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life's work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia of Latvian life, a poetic reflection of the knowledge of life accumulated over the centuries. The film is based on Krišjānis Barons' life during late 1800s and early 1900s – his childhood and youth in Latvia, studies and work in St. Petersburg and other places in Russia, his relationship with his faithful wife Dārta, and the awakening of the Latvian self-awareness.
Producers Rigel Entertainment
Original title Dzīvīte
Directors Vija Ozere, Aivars Freimanis
Writers Jānis Peters, Aivars Freimanis

Cast

Valdemārs Zandbergs

as Krišjānis Barons

Velta Līne

as Dārta