Uldis Dumpis

Uldis Dumpis

Born: October 3, 1943
in Bauska, Latvia

Movies for Uldis Dumpis...

Title: Crime Solving For Beginners
Released: April 22, 2022
Type: TV
On May 4th 1994, the 4th anniversary of Latvia’s splintering from the Soviet Union, rookie police investigator Aldis Karklins is tasked with solving the murder of Natalia Nolle, an influental behind-the-scenes political figure. The trail leads the 23-year-old Aldis in to the underbelly of organized crime and KGB conspiracies that outlive the Soviot Union. A miniseries in seven episodes, based on the novel "Don't Call Me, Don't Look for me! Life of Soviet Secret Agent" (Meklējiet sievieti) by acclaimed Latvian crime fiction writer Andris Kolbergs.
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Grandpa More Dangerous Than a Computer
Title: Grandpa More Dangerous Than a Computer
Released: August 18, 2017
Type: Movie
Eight-year-old Oskar’s holidays start miserably; his parents “swap” the computer for his granddad to protect the child from the dangerous influence of the Internet.
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Then It's Hi! Hi! Hee!
Title: Then It's Hi! Hi! Hee!
Released: March 5, 2014
Type: Movie
The elderly nursing home residents for years feel worthless and troublesome. But then a crazy idea strikes them - to waive their pensions and enroll in the army as volunteers thus saving the country from financial crisis and spending excitingly the last years of their lives. The oldies are wise enough at organizing this event and now real adventures begin.
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Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg
Title: Gulf Stream Under the Iceberg
Released: June 26, 2012
Type: Movie
Adam’s first wife Lilith is mentioned in the ancient Oriental legends, in Talmud and in the medieval books of Cabala. According to these sources, she was not created from Adam's rib like Eve but from clay like he himself. Nevertheless Lilith was not recognised by Adam as his equal and left him after a quarrel heading for Babylon. She has no soul, and she is immortal. Lilith assumes different names, can change her appearance, and takes possession of men against their will. Once it's accomplished, she leaves her victims forever, marking them for either spiritual, or physical death. Whatever she does it is neither Good nor Evil. She is made of an altogether different matter. Inspired by the works of French writer Anatole France, Yevgeny Pashkevich‘s GULF STREAM UNDER THE ICEBERG consists of three dramatically interwoven stories with the immortal Lilith stalking through time and space with her demonic mission.
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Rudolf's Gold
Title: Rudolf's Gold
Character: Barons
Released: January 15, 2010
Type: Movie
The dawn of the XX century promised Latvians a prosperous and happy future. The nation’s self-esteem had awakened, and farmers were increasingly able to rise above even the estate stewards. Rudups, old soldier of the Kaiser and, with his wealth and pride, a thorn in the Baron’s side, becomes truly uncontrollable when he’s hit by Cupid’s arrow. The old boy is willing to do anything for simple maid Emily. But the girl loves his godson Karlis. It’s all a mix of riches, of cheating, and the Baron’s lawlessness. The fight of two relatives for Emily’s heart changes the fate of both men and the maid, so she can see sunshine through the tears.
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Nazis and Blondes
Title: Nazis and Blondes
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 2008
Type: Movie
Veteran actors from the 3 Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - gather at a castle in Latvia to receive awards for their roles as Nazi villains in propagandist Soviet war films. They reminisce about the films that made them famous throughout the USSR, but also stigmatized the Baltic countries as Nazi sympathizers in the eyes of many Russians - a misconception that is nowadays exploited by the Russian media, desperate to label the Baltic countries as a fascist haven.
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Defenders of Riga
Title: Defenders of Riga
Character: Pastor
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries.
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The Hostage
Title: The Hostage
Released: May 1, 2006
Type: Movie
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.
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I'm In Love With Your Daughter!
Title: I'm In Love With Your Daughter!
Character: Georgs
Released: May 6, 2004
Type: Movie
A young guy from impoverished family moves to the big city and by unlikely chance falls in love with a girl who has a wealthy father. When planning their wedding, he asks his father-in-law for a significant amount of money and decides to keep a part of it for himself. To have the wedding on the cheap, he hires inexperienced wedding organizers and asks them to make it look as posh as possible for the low cost. His plan ultimately backfires when the organizers overdo it.
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The Mystery of the Old Parish House
Title: The Mystery of the Old Parish House
Released: July 11, 2000
Type: Movie
In this movie (based on a true story) within a movie, a director tries to film the tale of an old KGB activist living in a parish house. In the summer of 1941 the activist tortured and killed Latvians in the cellar of the house. Although the old man hires others to brick over the cellar door, the murdered people keep coming through the stones and never leave him in peace. Unbeknownst to the film makers, the "real" KGB activist, now an aged drunk, is milling about the film set. Moreover, the director and lead actor are competing for the love of the lead actress, and the film's producer wants the director to re-shoot parts of the movie.
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Dangerous Summer
Title: Dangerous Summer
Character: Vilhelms Munters
Released: April 4, 2000
Type: Movie
A historical drama about an attempt to steal the entire Latvian national wealth deposited abroad by Wilhelms Munters, the Latvian Foreign Minister in the forties.
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Latavio, or Life Nr. 2
Title: Latavio, or Life Nr. 2
Released: June 30, 1997
Type: Movie
An omnibus film consisting of ten parts, each directed by a different young director from the Latvian Academy of Culture. The unifying element of the ten shorts is the place where they take place - the airport. A lot can happen there - including a strike by a comet, a malicious attempt to break havoc by passengers, or an exploration of the old airport guard's house where not a lot has changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The film consists of the following parts: A Mishap (Nediena) by Arta Biseniece, Blurp (Šļurp) by Aija Bley, Alien Sky (Svešās debesis) by Viesturs Kairišs, 5 Versions (5 versijas) by Dzintars Krūmiņš, Comet (Komēta) by Māra Liniņa, Cleptomania (Kleptomānija) by Andis Mizišs, Alfredo's Poetry (Alfredo dzeja) by Igors Varenieks, Little Hand (Mazā roka) by Ilze Vidauska, Comet 2 (Komēta 2) by Anna Viduleja, and Life No. 2 (Dzīve nr.2) by Kristīne Želve.
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Virgins of Riga
Title: Virgins of Riga
Released: May 26, 1996
Type: Movie
An easy-going, Blue-eyed Norwegian businessman seeking fame and fortune in the post-cold-war Riga. His involvment with a beautiful young Latvian girl, get's him tangled into obscure business with the mafia, the Russian fleet and the 'Sons of Norway'
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Christmas Huddle
Title: Christmas Huddle
Released: November 21, 1993
Type: Movie
Ziemmassvetku Jampadracis tells the story of the Cirulisi, a tight-knit family down on their luck, and their trials and tribulations during the Christmas season.
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Tapers
Title: Tapers
Released: January 7, 1991
Type: Movie
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The Zitars
Title: The Zitars
Released: July 12, 1989
Type: Movie
Tragedy of the Zitars family based on the novel by Vilis Lacis.
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The Days of a Man
Title: The Days of a Man
Released: January 3, 1989
Type: Movie
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Par mīlestību pašreiz nerunāsim
Title: Par mīlestību pašreiz nerunāsim
Character: Vickis
Released: November 30, 1988
Type: Movie
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Title: Secret Fairway
Character: Von Zwishen
Released: January 2, 1988
Type: TV
Year 1944 ... Year breakthrough victorious in World War II, but in the Baltic theater of naval battles yet quiet. The line of duty, the commander of a torpedo boat Boris Shubin accidentally discovers a secret German submarine fairway unmarked. An emergency throws it on the "Flying Dutchman" and makes it possible to lift the veil of the strictest secrecy of the Third Reich, which surrounds it ...
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Strange Moonlight
Title: Strange Moonlight
Released: February 2, 1987
Type: Movie
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It's Easy to Fall Into an Overgrown Ditch
Title: It's Easy to Fall Into an Overgrown Ditch
Released: March 3, 1986
Type: Movie
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Double Trap
Title: Double Trap
Released: January 6, 1986
Type: Movie
A police is trying to fight the criminal organization responsible for the illegal export of arts abroad. He pretends to be a criminal to enter and destroy their gang.
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Fear
Title: Fear
Released: January 3, 1986
Type: Movie
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Секретный фарватер
Title: Секретный фарватер
Character: Герхард фон Цвишен
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
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The Game Is Taking Place Anyway
Title: The Game Is Taking Place Anyway
Character: Fridrihs
Released: December 26, 1985
Type: Movie
A businessman and a footballer are murdered before an important football match in Prague. Investigation has to be started.
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Can-Can in English Park
Title: Can-Can in English Park
Character: Genrikh Martinets
Released: June 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A Cold War spy thriller made at Dovzehnko Film Studio in 1984 and set in Munich. A Ukrainian poet visiting his emigre cousin is threatened into working for the CIA's operations through Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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Naughty Emil
Title: Naughty Emil
Character: Tevs
Released: January 4, 1985
Type: Movie
One of the iconic Latvian movies. Based on Astrid Lindgren's book 'Emil of Lönneberga'. A story of a little boy, Emil, who, according to others is incredibly naughty, but actually Emil is a lot more kind hearted than all the rest. And everything he does is to help someone. But somehow it all the time turns out like a prank. His family won't agree with any pranks on themselves, so there goes Emil in his father's tool shed, where he's locked up for every prank. Includes the phrase - 'the main idea is to keep your feet warm', which has been adapted in Latvian culture, so it's already a saying.
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My Friend Socrates
Title: My Friend Socrates
Released: December 29, 1984
Type: Movie
A story about ten years old Raymond who wants to learn how to drive a car.
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The Gates to Heaven
Title: The Gates to Heaven
Character: Klein
Released: February 1, 1984
Type: Movie
The tank corps of General Shubnikov in the spring of 1945 was already on the outskirts of Berlin. The stray rear did not ensure the regularity of the fuel supply. Colonel Lebedenko was commissioned to organize a base of fuel and lubricants in Himmelsfort, where a small group of Soviet soldiers had to enter into an unequal battle with the remnants of an enemy tank regiment, trying to break through the city.
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A Shot In The Forest
Title: A Shot In The Forest
Released: November 26, 1983
Type: Movie
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My Family
Title: My Family
Released: July 3, 1982
Type: Movie
After his family was introduced on a national TV as a "perfect family", the son Robert has a hard time confronting all the lies related to this accidental fame.
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Title: Long Road in the Dunes
Character: Manfred
Released: June 2, 1982
Type: TV
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The Longest Straw
Title: The Longest Straw
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Post-war Latvia. Francis' gang operates in a small town and the new KGB agent Juris Vilks has been asked to infiltrate his gang and gain his confidence.
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Title: Wait for the «John Grafton»
Released: September 24, 1981
Type: TV
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.
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A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve
Title: A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve
Character: Ēriks
Released: July 12, 1981
Type: Movie
When old auntie Mirta succeeds in a lottery and wins a car, which she cannot use herself, different family members are suddenly there to 'be helpful' in favor to get the car after aunties' death, not to mention, they never have come before to help her. The funny rivalry between two parts of family, a foolish jealousy to the near living peasants' family, which had always non-selfishly been there for auntie, is a caricature of greasy human nature. This is a slight humor of the Soviet life details as well. But aunt Mirta isn't fool, and is still young in her heart until her last minute, that appears in her last will - to whom the car, the limousine in the color of St. John's night goes.
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Fact
Title: Fact
Character: Schmiedemann
Released: June 4, 1981
Type: Movie
Facts is a dramatization of a massacre in a Lithuanian village during World War II when Nazis rounded up over 100 men, women, and children accused of partisan activity and then torched the houses in which they were held. Using Russian interrogations of a few survivors, the testimony of villagers, and some of the Germans responsible for the killing, the film gradually reconstructs the event and its context.
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Long Road in the Dunes
Title: Long Road in the Dunes
Released: December 20, 1980
Type: Movie
Love and betrayal in a small fishing village in Latvia from 1930s until the Soviet time. Time before WW2, during WW2, punishment in Siberia, Soviet Union, returning home, and above all that - undying love, that still survives no matter what. And, on top of that, Marta and Arthur share their love...
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Wish Me Bad Weather
Title: Wish Me Bad Weather
Released: July 14, 1980
Type: Movie
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Spāņu variants
Title: Spāņu variants
Released: July 12, 1980
Type: Movie
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A Birdless Night
Title: A Birdless Night
Released: June 16, 1980
Type: Movie
Human relationships are like fishing nets, they can be either filled or nodular.
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Cīrulīši
Title: Cīrulīši
Released: January 3, 1980
Type: Movie
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Mainai
Title: Mainai
Character: Jonas
Released: February 12, 1979
Type: Movie
Feature film based on a short story by Yuri Trifonov.
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Rally
Title: Rally
Character: Bernat
Released: June 6, 1978
Type: Movie
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.
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Vīrietis labākajos gados
Title: Vīrietis labākajos gados
Released: November 29, 1977
Type: Movie
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Reflection in the Water
Title: Reflection in the Water
Character: Bratkus
Released: January 3, 1977
Type: Movie
Based on a story by Janis Lapsa, written by Janis Lapsa and Andris Kolbergs, film is a singular work, filled with human warmth. It is a story about a talented surgeon Markalns, who after a serious personal crisis, returns to his native town in order to start his life anew. The attention is concentrated on the inner world of Markalns, his feelings in this so important period of his life, when to endure and to proceed means to regain the lost sense of life and himself. His character and emotional world opens in a wide scale: in collisions with colleagues, patients, friends, himself. He is contradictory, but even in moments of low spirits, virile. A real warmth and balance of mind is brought in the life of the outwardly robust and clumsy surgeon by a shy small-town girl Irita, called Doggie.
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To Be Unwanted
Title: To Be Unwanted
Character: Arnis
Released: December 21, 1976
Type: Movie
Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to persuade Voldis to forget the past and move on. But when the crime boss Teksis proposes a plan to rob a jewelry store, Voldis agrees, thinking this will be his last crime before starting a new life. Marking the pinnacle of its director's filmography, To Be Unwanted is a psychological drama that centers not on a single crime or its investigation but on the emotional collapse of the criminal as he realizes that his amoral lifestyle has rendered him redundant within society.
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In a Claws of a Black Cancer
Title: In a Claws of a Black Cancer
Character: Jānis
Released: August 31, 1976
Type: Movie
The action takes place in Kurzeme in the 17th century. The Duke of Courland, the King of Poland and the German barons wants power over the Latvian people. Farmers are the biggest victims of this power struggle.
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Attack On The Secret Police
Title: Attack On The Secret Police
Character: friend of the chief of the secret police
Released: April 12, 1976
Type: Movie
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Keys to Paradise
Title: Keys to Paradise
Character: Lauks
Released: July 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Successful work and life of a brave militia captain who does not know much about human psychology.
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
Title: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Character: Lauks
Released: October 19, 1974
Type: Movie
A load of gold is stolen. Detectives make criminals play by their rules.
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Maritime Climates
Title: Maritime Climates
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
The colourful musical comedy Maritime Climates could have been a triumph of smart political satire – if people in positions of power hadn’t got worried by the rushes they saw, which lead them to terminate the production. In 1992, Rolands Kalniņš made this edit of the remaining material – an elegy to lost hopes and illusions.
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Olegs and Aina
Title: Olegs and Aina
Released: November 26, 1973
Type: Movie
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Blow, Wind!
Title: Blow, Wind!
Character: Didzis
Released: September 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Based on a stage play of the same name by the one of the biggest names in the history of Latvian literature Rainis, "Put, vejini" tells a story of an unconventional love that blossoms between the handsome, wealthy and impetuous merchant Uldis and the timid, humble and clear-hearted orphan Baiba.
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Checkmate to the Queen of Diamonds
Title: Checkmate to the Queen of Diamonds
Character: Robežnieks
Released: July 12, 1973
Type: Movie
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.
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Peterss
Title: Peterss
Released: May 21, 1973
Type: Movie
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Ceplis
Title: Ceplis
Released: January 3, 1972
Type: Movie
Latvia in the 1920s. The enterprising Edgars Ceplis establishes a company to produce bricks from Latvian clay for export. Many are involved in his project, hoping for the huge profits the venture promises. Ceplis soon becomes infatuated with his office typist Austra Zīle and starts neglecting the business...
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Meldru mežs
Title: Meldru mežs
Released: December 13, 1971
Type: Movie
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The city under the limes
Title: The city under the limes
Released: October 4, 1971
Type: Movie
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There Are Four of Us
Title: There Are Four of Us
Released: August 1, 1971
Type: Movie
One summer, four guys met on the shore of the Gulf of Riga. Azamat came from Kazakhstan. His uncle, a partisan, went missing on Latvian soil. Katya is from Leningrad, and Arvid and Yazep are Latvians. Arvid's mother lived in Kazakhstan during the evacuation, Yazep's uncle and his grandfather were also partisans. The military past brought the guys closer together. The trip to the places of partisan battles was not easy for the friends, but they learned a lot about the events that took place in Latvia during the war.
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Stari stiklā
Title: Stari stiklā
Character: Uldis Ritums
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Don't Shoot on the 26-th
Title: Don't Shoot on the 26-th
Character: резидент
Released: June 2, 1967
Type: Movie
1943. Soviet intelligence Saeed Islambek, "26th", manages to infiltrate as an instructor in the SS special school, where defectors from Central Asia study. Loyal to his assistants become a scout-Uzbek Nadia, Secretary of the chief of the special school, and Deputy chief of the Gestapo Berg. When one of the most important military tasks are dying, sacrificing himself, Nadia and Sayid.
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The Conspiracy of Ambassadors
Title: The Conspiracy of Ambassadors
Character: Eduards
Released: March 26, 1966
Type: Movie
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Wagtail's Army
Title: Wagtail's Army
Released: December 28, 1964
Type: Movie