Vija Artmane

Vija Artmane

Born: August 21, 1929
Died: October 11, 2008
in Kayve, Sema volost, Tukums uezd, Russian Empire
Vija Artmane was a prominent Latvian film actress.

Movies for Vija Artmane...

Kyiv Frescoes
Title: Kyiv Frescoes
Released: May 28, 2023
Type: Movie
Parajanov's collage of all the footage that remained from his film "Kyiv Frescoes," which was halted by the authorities who demanded that all the negatives be destroyed.
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Actress and Her Time. Vija Artmane
Title: Actress and Her Time. Vija Artmane
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: August 21, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary about Latvian film star Vija Artmane.
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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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The Golden Age
Title: The Golden Age
Released: June 6, 2003
Type: Movie
Historical period melodrama.
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Title: Kamenskaya
Character: Регина Вальтер
Released: December 14, 1999
Type: TV
The series "Kamenskaya" is the first adaptation of the popular novels of "Russian Agatha Christie" Alexandra Marinina. The main heroine of the series is Major of Police Anastasia Kamenskaya, behind whom the glory of a fine analyst is entrenched, speaks five languages ​​and adores her work. She readily takes on insoluble at first glance affairs and skillfully calculates criminals for the most insignificant details of their actions, character, psychology. Nastin's abilities combined with the professionalism of two other criminal investigation officers - Mikhail Lesnikov and Yuri Korotkov - give excellent results in the detection of crimes.
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Anna
Title: Anna
Released: March 1, 1996
Type: Movie
The film tells of faithful devotion to spiritual ideals. It is based on Riga St. Anna Stocken's Life Story of the Cistercian Monastery of Mary Magdalene.
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Love
Title: Love
Released: December 1, 1991
Type: Movie
Two Moscow students are mostly concerned with scoring with women but their lives change radically when one of them falls for a Jewish girl whose family is being persecuted by anonymous anti-Semites and is preparing to emigrate to Israel.
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For Crazies Only
Title: For Crazies Only
Released: February 18, 1991
Type: Movie
A young man is taken to a small town hospital after a suicide attempt. Rita is a beautiful married Russian nurse taking care of him.
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Katafalk
Title: Katafalk
Released: July 10, 1990
Type: Movie
What you won't do for the happiness of your only daughter! Successfully get rid of the "beloved child" and not go broke at the same time - that's the only dream of a punchy mother. An old car - once a chic symbol of well-being - will be given as a dowry to the simpleton who agrees to go down the aisle. But love makes its own corrections.
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Moonsund
Title: Moonsund
Character: Frau Milch
Released: December 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Captain of a Russian battleship "Novik" Artenyev is in love with a beautiful lady Klara who is a German spy. They cannot be together because of the war and their professions. But they are in such love that all the war battles and battleships do not stop them, only their duties do.
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A Man of a Retinue
Title: A Man of a Retinue
Character: Aglaya Andreevna
Released: July 12, 1987
Type: Movie
According to the story of the same name by Vladimir Makanin. Mitya Rodiontsev, a young employee of the research institute, for some time now became one of those who were in the close circle of the secretary of the director Aglaya Andreyevna and felt well protected from the vicissitudes of fate. Having become a “retinue”, Mitya was no longer engaged in science, but was busy for those who needed him, openly respected him and saw him as a future leader. But once Rodiontsev was not invited to the director’s office for a weekly tea party...
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The Secret of the Snow Queen
Title: The Secret of the Snow Queen
Character: Mrs. Autumn
Released: June 5, 1986
Type: Movie
When the Snow Queen, a lonely and powerful fairy, kidnaps the human boy Kay, his best friend Gerda must overcome many obstacles on her journey to rescue him..
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The Last Indulgence
Title: The Last Indulgence
Released: December 9, 1985
Type: Movie
A story about a young girl Olga and her struggles with the Soviet marketing system.
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Naughty Emil
Title: Naughty Emil
Character: Nabagmajas komendante
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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Strange Passions
Title: Strange Passions
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
It is the post-war era on the Latvian border, and the Lithuanian girl Maryte has located her relative, Antanas. Having been a farmhand on a rich farm as well as the lover of the owner's wife, upon his return from the war Antanas hopes to gain as much as he can from the collapse of the old world. The wife's daughter, Ausma, has since grown up and seems much more desirable to Antanas than his former lover. The historical situation makes for a tense atmosphere, because in the nighttime partisans may emerge from the forest, while during the daytime everyone must be careful to follow the new rules of life under Soviet rule.
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Izmeklēšanā noskaidrots
Title: Izmeklēšanā noskaidrots
Character: Ruta Graudiņa
Released: July 19, 1982
Type: Movie
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Следствием установлено
Title: Следствием установлено
Character: Ruta Yanovna Graudina
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Государственная граница
Character: Zinaida Kirillovna
Released: May 28, 1980
Type: TV
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State Border: Vol. 1. We are Ours, We are New...
Title: State Border: Vol. 1. We are Ours, We are New...
Released: May 28, 1980
Type: Movie
A former officer of the Separate Border Guard Corps accepts an offer to head the customs service of the young Soviet state.
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Cīrulīši
Title: Cīrulīši
Character: Gundega
Released: January 3, 1980
Type: Movie
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Conversation with a Queen
Title: Conversation with a Queen
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
A cinematic portrait of the actress and performer Vija Armane.
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Title: Театр
Character: Julia Lambert
Released: March 31, 1979
Type: TV
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Pugachev
Title: Pugachev
Released: March 19, 1979
Type: Movie
Don Cossack Emelyan Pugachev says goodbye to his wife and children and goes to run. The elder Filaret blesses him to lead a rebellion under the name of Peter III of Russia. The insurgents dealt with the feudal lords cruelly. Queen Catherine the Great directs troops against the rioters. Traitors betray Emelyan, and now he is being transported across Russia in an iron cage.
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Mainai
Title: Mainai
Character: Jadvyga
Released: February 12, 1979
Type: Movie
Feature film based on a short story by Yuri Trifonov.
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Your Son
Title: Your Son
Character: Vitrupe
Released: December 25, 1978
Type: Movie
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Theatre
Title: Theatre
Character: Dzhuliya Lambert (Julia Lambert)
Released: October 15, 1978
Type: Movie
Human attempts to understand why when acting they are all going through the heart, but in real life are playing a role.
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The Exchange
Title: The Exchange
Character: Ядвига Жилювене
Released: July 31, 1977
Type: Movie
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Master
Title: Master
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Artūrs comes back to Riga after serving in army and faces changes because of his years of absence- his girlfriend has met another man, his work in a factory in a superior position brings changes to relationships with acquaintances.
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The Arrows of Robin Hood
Title: The Arrows of Robin Hood
Character: Cat
Released: June 14, 1975
Type: Movie
With a traditional archery contest, the winner wins a silver arrow with gold lace and gold feathers. Even Robin Hood, although unrecognizable, takes part in this competition. As more and more participants are losing and Robin Hood eventually wins the award, his masquerade reveals. For none of the participants is as handy with a bow and an arrow like Robin Hood. With the help of his coolness and his friends Robin Hood may escape the dangerous situation.
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Gift for a Single Woman
Title: Gift for a Single Woman
Character: Kņopiene/Gita
Released: January 4, 1973
Type: Movie
To catch a couple of car thieves, a policewoman goes undercover as an old woman that recently has gotten a luxury car "Volga" - a plan that is bound to attract the criminals. For how hard can it be to steal a car from an old woman?
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Egle rudzu laukā
Title: Egle rudzu laukā
Character: Dagmāra
Released: October 9, 1972
Type: Movie
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I, the investigator
Title: I, the investigator
Released: January 3, 1972
Type: Movie
A seriously injured young man was found on a Georgian military road. Investigator Georgy Mikeladze finds out that the victim - the navigator of the Tallinn Shipping Company - was rolling in his new Volga on vacation days. The investigator goes to the criminal and, having connected employees of the Riga criminal investigation department to the case, arrests the robber.
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Gladiator
Title: Gladiator
Released: September 20, 1971
Type: Movie
Joonas and Tiidrik are two men from the island of Saaremaa who recklessly escape from the German prison during the First World War. Yet, there are no peaceful times in their home country neither.
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Tauriņdeja
Title: Tauriņdeja
Character: Nino
Released: February 19, 1971
Type: Movie
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The Triple Control
Title: The Triple Control
Released: June 8, 1970
Type: Movie
A Soviet officer serves as a counterspy amidst enemies.
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The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
Title: The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
Released: June 6, 1970
Type: Movie
The story of the great traveler and explorer Vitus Bering.
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Stari stiklā
Title: Stari stiklā
Character: Irisa
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Farkhad's Heroism
Title: Farkhad's Heroism
Character: Vera
Released: April 15, 1968
Type: Movie
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The Times of the Surveyors
Title: The Times of the Surveyors
Character: Liena
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Land surveyors arrive in two parishes to measure and redistribute manor land. The rivalry between both feoffees for land and woman begins.
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Strong with Spirit
Title: Strong with Spirit
Character: Lidiya Lisovskaya
Released: October 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Story of a Russian intelligence officer Nikolai Kuznetsov (known as lieutenant Paul Wilhelm Zibert) who worked in the capital of occupied by fascist troops Ukraine. 960 days and nights were left until the end of the Second World War.
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Andromeda Nebula
Title: Andromeda Nebula
Character: Veda Kong
Released: April 12, 1967
Type: Movie
Humans on spaceship named "Tantra" are exploring the unknown part of the Universe. The spaceship gets trapped by the mysterious Iron Star. The Iron Star's powerful force of gravity is to hold the spaceship for 20 years. The humans are facing a very tough survival challenge... Based on famous novel by Ivan Efremov.
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The Swamp Wader
Title: The Swamp Wader
Character: Kristīne
Released: July 13, 1966
Type: Movie
In this film, set in Latvia in the late 19th century, Edgars, the coachman of Alaine Manor, loves Kristine, the washerwoman's daughter, although he is too hot-headed for Kristine's mother to consider him a good suitor for his daughter. The servant Viskrelis and stable boy Sutka try to tempt Edgars to a life of drinking and a relationship with the barmaid Matilde. Meanwhile, Kristine is courted by the rich land owner, Akmentins.
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Nobody Wanted to Die
Title: Nobody Wanted to Die
Character: Ona
Released: December 24, 1965
Type: Movie
The film is set in Lithuania after the Second World War. It shows dramatic events in a small Lithuanian farming community, where people are split between the Soviets and the "brothers in the woods", who are fighting to defend their land from the Soviets after the end of the Second World War.
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The Rockets Should Not Fly Up
Title: The Rockets Should Not Fly Up
Released: June 6, 1964
Type: Movie
Germany, 1944. A group of international soldiers are trying to prevent Germans from finalizing research and development of FAU-2 rockets.
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Blood Ties
Title: Blood Ties
Character: Соня
Released: February 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Tank crew Officer-member Fedotov on the way from a hospital on visiting home became acquainted with young Sonya, mother of three children. After demobilization went back to her. Happiness of them was short. Sonya became ill and died. Soon her husband arrived after children, but left with a father only junior.
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Diena bez vakara
Title: Diena bez vakara
Released: April 29, 1963
Type: Movie
The directing debut of the acclaimed Latvian cinematographer Māris Rudzītis.
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Kārkli pelēkie zied
Title: Kārkli pelēkie zied
Released: April 13, 1961
Type: Movie
A film about the intertwined fates of ordinary students and the artists of a youth theatre.
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Storm
Title: Storm
Character: Māra
Released: January 9, 1961
Type: Movie
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Stranger in the Village
Title: Stranger in the Village
Character: Elza
Released: November 26, 1958
Type: Movie
A man returns to his village after many years away with his new wife in tow.
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After The Storm
Title: After The Storm
Character: Ruta
Released: November 26, 1956
Type: Movie
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Following the Swan Flock of Clouds
Title: Following the Swan Flock of Clouds
Character: Dace
Released: July 13, 1956
Type: Movie