Juris Strenga

Juris Strenga

Born: June 13, 1937
in Riga, Latvian Republic
Juris Strenga is a Latvian stage and screen actor.

Movies for Juris Strenga...

Title: Pansija pilī
Released: January 22, 2024
Type: TV
A miniseries about the events during one summer in a family of a writer who are unexpectedly granted a remote estate with all its unusual inhabitants, and who has to decide what to do with the dilapidated estate. Exciting and comic events in eight episodes in which the future writer Anšlavs Eglītis together with his brother Vidvuds, father Viktors and his wife Hilda Vīka, begin the restoration of the estate, at the same time opening a boarding house, which becomes the intersection and summer stage of the neighbourhood, ghosts of the past, visitors from the city and Latvian intellectuals in Latvia in the in the 1920s.
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Title: Melchior, der Apotheker
Character: Prior
Released: May 5, 2023
Type: TV
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Raven's Hollow
Title: Raven's Hollow
Character: Old Clay
Released: September 22, 2022
Type: Movie
West Point cadet Edgar Allan Poe and four other cadets on a training exercise in upstate New York are drawn by a gruesome discovery into a forgotten community where they find a township guarding a frightening secret.
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The Good Neighbor
Title: The Good Neighbor
Character: Older Friend
Released: June 17, 2022
Type: Movie
A nightmarish evening unfolds for David, a former New York Times journalist, when he and his strange new neighbor Robert, accidentally hit a girl on her bike. Buzzed and disoriented, David lets Robert convince him to flee the scene and leave the girl for dead, in order to protect his career. Robert shows no remorse, and in the name of friendship he does unspeakable things to protect the secret. Now that the police are full-on hunting for the hit-and-run killer, things begin to spiral out of control when David’s local newspaper sends him to cover the story where he meets the deceased girl’s sister Vanessa. Despite the circumstances, and her deep desire to find her sister’s killer, the two immediately have a romantic connection, which surprises and haunts David, while pushing Robert to take brutal steps to keep his new friend to himself.
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Melchior the Apothecary
Title: Melchior the Apothecary
Character: Prior
Released: April 15, 2022
Type: Movie
In medieval Tallinn, a famous knight who is freed from the pirates of the Baltic Sea is murdered. The hero's head is cut off and his mouth is stuffed with coins. The gold chain he bought the same day is missing. The bailiff orders Melchior, an apothecary, to investigate the crime. The clever young man discovers that the slain was looking for a mysterious "Tallinn prisoner" and the traces lead to the Dominican monastery. A fabulous sequence of bloodwork is unleashed - anyone who comes into contact with this secret is in danger of dying.
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The Year Before the War
Title: The Year Before the War
Released: November 17, 2021
Type: Movie
Stylized as silent cinema, the film connects political and philosophical extremes of 1913 in a story of a young man participating at the creation of a new world. This mysterious adventurer, who was known as Peter the Lett, gets involved in a tragicomic and surreal race from a routine clerk job and a romantic passion in Riga to preparation of the world revolution in Vienna, psychoanalysis at Freud’s salon and seduction of Mata Hari in Paris.
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Diva
Title: Diva
Released: March 27, 2021
Type: Movie
An ageing theatre star struggles with her mental condition and pending diagnosis, while preparing for a role. With the premiere approaching, she balances between acceptance and self denial, while losing grip on reality.
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Riga's Lilac
Title: Riga's Lilac
Character: (voice)
Released: October 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Everyone has their own emotional overwhelm regarding a bad smell. Lizete, an amateur interviewer, is eager to record the moments when it is revealed. Dealing with the topic of bad odour's influences on society, this is an animated short film for adults in the inquiring style of a documentary. The director continues to work on tragi-comic stories about our natural awkwardness while finding ourselves.
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Title: Catherine the Great
Character: Petitioner
Released: October 3, 2019
Type: TV
This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great's reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics.
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Wedding Association 2: Circumcision
Title: Wedding Association 2: Circumcision
Character: Leton Dede
Released: December 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Ismail and his old screwball crew land themselves in hot water when his grandson's circumcision evolves into a buzz-making citywide event.
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Title: Quest
Released: October 26, 2015
Type: TV
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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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Wedding Association
Title: Wedding Association
Character: Latvian Grandfather
Released: December 4, 2013
Type: Movie
Ismail's son, Tarik returns to his village after long years of being away and announces that he is engaged to a Latvian woman named Nugesha and although he doesn't have the means for it, Ismail still wants to be the one who pays for the expenses of the wedding. Several problems ensue as he tries to make sure that there is enough money for the wedding.
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The Last Bearslayer
Title: The Last Bearslayer
Released: February 1, 2010
Type: Movie
Latvia is governed by a strange ruler with a pig’s snout who calls himself Mr. Snout. Loath to being filmed himself and to filmmaking in general, he has locked up all positive heroes in an effort to prevent filming from taking place. The few survivors hope for the return of the Latvian folk hero Bear-slayer, who vanished into the river many centuries ago. In these harsh times, Bear-slayer rises from the water again to fight Mr. Snout. This film is a criticism of how the inaction of the Latvian government has brought Latvian filmmaking close to extinction.
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Invincible
Title: Invincible
Character: Teacher
Released: December 2, 2001
Type: Movie
A Jewish strongman performs in Berlin as the blond Aryan hero Siegfried.
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Russian Riot
Title: Russian Riot
Character: Fish Catcher
Released: April 28, 2000
Type: Movie
The end of the XVIII century. The reign of Catherine II. In the deep Russian provinces, among the vast steppes of the Ural escaped convict Yemelyan Pugachev proclaimed himself Emperor Peter III of Russia. Under the banner of the Pretender embarked detachments of Cossacks, fugitive serfs, and many spirited people. In these troubled times in the God-forsaken Belogorsk young officer Pyotr Grinyov meets his first love - Masha, the daughter of Captain Mironov. Recklessly passionate love with each other did not want to notice the signs of impending trouble. They did not know that soon they will be an ordeal. They could not imagine how bizarre way their fates intertwined with the fate of the self-proclaimed king, and what an incredible effort will be worth it to save their lives and feelings in the bloody chaos of Russian riot.
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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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Not Yet a Time for Sorrow
Title: Not Yet a Time for Sorrow
Character: Wilman
Released: April 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Mefody, a wise master, comes to a weird village one day to teach local men wisdom and life. The strange thing about the village is all the men living there are of different nationalities: German, Jewish, Ukrainian, Russian, Uzbek, Gypsy etc.. Mefodi teaches all them the way to understand each other, he speaks about music, cabala, fairy tales, sex etc. Finally all of them become even more friendly to each other and find success in life.
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The Devil's Puppets
Title: The Devil's Puppets
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A young Frenchman receives a royal award for his scientific discovery. The new laureate agrees to become a client of an elite bank, which stores the “future offsprings” of many great people. Upon learning of this, the Frenchman’s bride, the daughter of a Greek millionaire, decides to destroy this bank. She cannot live with the fact that anyone can now have a child from her simple-minded husband. To implement her plan, she contacts the monastery under the guise of sister Teresa, a famous cracker of safes. The third accomplice is a Russian champion in skydiving. Later they are joined by a Japanese karateka and an Italian prostitute.
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The Heiress of Werewolves
Title: The Heiress of Werewolves
Released: May 25, 1991
Type: Movie
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Hack Your Own Leg
Title: Hack Your Own Leg
Released: November 18, 1988
Type: Movie
An unusually artistic experimental film from Latvia that moves in the sphere of the creation and the world of ballet. Narrated, interpreted and acted by Juris Strenga. - And God said, Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.
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Svešais
Title: Svešais
Released: October 1, 1988
Type: Movie
In the center of a small town there is a liquor store, every day a long line of people rubs impatiently by it. Thirteen-year-old Zigis sees his father here more and more often. The faces of many alcoholics have already been stamped by degradation, there is indifference in their eyes, they have lost interest in life. The boy realizes that such a terrible future also awaits the person closest to him. Not expecting to get help from anyone, Zigis decides on an unusual step: he goes to Marta, a popular healer, to save his father. On the way, the boy meets different people and experiences different attitudes towards himself, gets to know the contradictions of life.
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Golden chain
Title: Golden chain
Character: parker, manager
Released: November 30, 1987
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name and the stories of A. Green. Once, a young man, Sandy, undertook to transport two strangers to Snake Island to the palace of the wealthy Hanover. The landlord, admiring the courage of a young sailor who was not afraid of the stormy weather, invited the young man to be his guest. Walking around the fabulous palace, Sandy accidentally finds out the story of Hanuver ...
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Littlefinger
Title: Littlefinger
Character: Stiffness
Released: January 3, 1987
Type: Movie
Little Tom Thumb's evil stepmother exploits him amd makes his life very hard, so the little shepherd boy decides to leave home and seek happiness in the world outside. There little Tom Thumb meets the Wind Mother, Forest Mother and a little old man on his way. Each of them gives him a chore to do that earns him a gift with magical power, which comes in handy when he has to defeat Scrooges, Lop-Eared Man and the Devil himself. While traveling in the world and looking for happiness, he realises he misses his grandmother and little sister...
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Murder Complicity
Title: Murder Complicity
Released: September 10, 1986
Type: Movie
Based on the novel of the same name by Judah Waten. Beth Tyson is killed in his mansion. Chief Inspector Fields, Inspector Bramell, and Detective Filbert have three different versions of this crime...
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Kroņa numurs
Title: Kroņa numurs
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
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The Game Is Taking Place Anyway
Title: The Game Is Taking Place Anyway
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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Anna Firling's Roads
Title: Anna Firling's Roads
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A tory based on classical theatre play "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht.
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Ibsen's Motif
Title: Ibsen's Motif
Released: September 1, 1984
Type: Movie
A meditation on Henrik Ibsen's plays "Brand" and "Peer Gynt".
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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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The Game
Title: The Game
Character: Aparjods
Released: December 13, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: Wait for the «John Grafton»
Character: Paul Elkonen
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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Laikmetu griežos
Title: Laikmetu griežos
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
A film based on novels by Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts tells a story about Latvian peasants around the 16th/17th century when they were under the role of several other countries.
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Journey to Paradise
Title: Journey to Paradise
Character: Hopkė
Released: January 1, 1980
Type: Movie
The rich widow Marta Anker, owner of a renowned trading company, loves the poor fisherman Ansą Balčiai. The locals keep the ongoings under close watch.
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Gaidiet
Title: Gaidiet "Džonu Graftonu"
Character: Elkonens
Released: December 25, 1979
Type: Movie
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Theatre
Title: Theatre
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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Right of First Signature
Title: Right of First Signature
Released: October 1, 1978
Type: Movie
An employee of the foreign trade association Kazakov makes an offer to the American businessman Vikas to invest in the construction of a chemical plant. It was decided to build it on the site of a gasification station in Nizhne-Pechorsk. Vikas' decision to conclude a contract for the construction of the plant becomes known to American businessmen, who are not interested in this cooperation. Ron Kluger comes to Moscow to interfere with the negotiations...
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The Face in the Target
Title: The Face in the Target
Released: September 8, 1978
Type: Movie
A classic mystery based on "The Face in the Target" story by G.K. Chesterton.
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Become My Mother-in-law!
Title: Become My Mother-in-law!
Character: skursteņslauķis
Released: December 5, 1977
Type: Movie
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Title: Смерть под парусом
Character: Dr. Goodwig
Released: April 9, 1976
Type: TV
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Опознание
Title: Опознание
Released: December 2, 1974
Type: Movie
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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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Here Is My Village
Title: Here Is My Village
Character: Шерлок Холмс (глава «Таинственное похищение»)
Released: November 4, 1972
Type: Movie
A story about a group of countryside children playing detectives in their village.
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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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Ave, Vita
Title: Ave, Vita
Character: Feldfebelis
Released: December 25, 1969
Type: Movie
Film - Reflection. The characters are the people who survived the war, the horror of the fascist concentration camps and the danger of suffocation, as well as those whose parents past is known only theoretically
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Madness
Title: Madness
Character: Activist
Released: February 9, 1969
Type: Movie
The action takes place in a nameless country occupied by the German army at the time of World War II. In a small village there's an asylum. A squad of German soldiers arrives to take the insane people to a "walk in the forest". Just before they are ready to go to forest to kill the insane people, a Gestapo officer arrives and from his conversation with the doctor we can find out that there's an enemy agent hiding himself in the asylum. Officer Windisch must find the agent from 583 people and on his searches he is slowly starting to feel himself crazy too.
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Muzikālais kokteilis
Title: Muzikālais kokteilis
Released: April 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A chemistry student causes an explosion during an exam. After that, she finds herself as a barmaid and spends the following evening in a cheerful company of musicians and cafe-goers, treating those present with drinks.
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When Rain and Wind Hit Against Your Window
Title: When Rain and Wind Hit Against Your Window
Released: December 18, 1967
Type: Movie
The Second World War has just ended, but national partisans are still hiding in Latvia's forests and fighting against the Soviet regime. Ansis Leinasars, who has been tasked to spark a coup in Latvia, arrives by night from across the sea, but his work is hampered at every step. His last hope is a meeting with the partisans in a church...
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Captain Enrico’s Watch
Title: Captain Enrico’s Watch
Released: November 16, 1967
Type: Movie
A young boy finds a watch with an engraving in Spanish saying that the watch belongs to Captain Enrico, and adventures begin...
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Strong with Spirit
Title: Strong with Spirit
Character: Hans Knuth - german tankman
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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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.