Movies: Herz Frank

  • 1978
    Ten Minutes Older

    Ten Minutes Older (1978)

    Ten Minutes Older

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    A 10 minute long journey of emotions that befall children faces. Fear, Curiosity; a Smile. They all sit in a dark theater. What they see, we don't; we can only guess from their faces....

    Ten Minutes Older
  • 1987
    The Last Judgement

    The Last Judgement (1987)

    The Last Judgement

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    A man is facing a trial for murdering a Latvian union leader, which more likely than not will end with a death sentence. A close-up look at his emotional journey through the trial, imprisonment and beyond....

    The Last Judgement
  • 2018
    Bridges of Time

    Bridges of Time (2018)

    Bridges of Time

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    At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltics wit-nessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favored a more...

    Bridges of Time
  • 2014
    Beyond The Fear

    Beyond The Fear (2014)

    Beyond The Fear

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    The main characters of the film have made choices, which change their lives forever. A young man Yigal Amir assassinates the Prime Minister of Israel and becomes the most hated prisoner in the country. Larissa, who emigrated from Russia, mother of fo...

    Beyond The Fear
  • 1989
    The High Song

    The High Song (1989)

    The High Song

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    The painful exit of a child of man in the world of God. The highest sense of being and the earthly joy of man and woman....

    The High Song
  • 2003
    Flashback

    Flashback (2003)

    Flashback

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    An autobiographical work from Herz Frank. Images guide us through the countries in which he worked, interspersed with fragments from his earlier films: births, autopsies, circumcisions, prisoners awaiting execution and other shocking themes....

    Flashback
  • 1961
    White Bells

    White Bells (1961)

    White Bells

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    A little girl wanders all alone in the morning, through a bustling city, looking for the white bells she noticed in the window of a florist's shop. This film heralded the birth of a new film language in Latvian cinema. It received awards at the San ...

    White Bells
  • 1989
    There Were Seven Simeons

    There Were Seven Simeons (1989)

    There Were Seven Simeons

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    One family, one band. They seemed to be happy. A movie that investigates why these seemingly optimistic musicians suddenly saw no hope to continue living in USSR and tried to escape it by hijacking a plane....

    There Were Seven Simeons
  • 1972
    The Trace of the Soul

    The Trace of the Soul (1972)

    The Trace of the Soul

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    A psychological portrait of kolkhos chairman Edgar Kaulin, who saved many Latvian farmers from deportations by the Soviets in the period 1945-53, and with them built up a kolkhos....

    The Trace of the Soul
  • 1975
    Restricted Area

    Restricted Area (1975)

    Restricted Area

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    Follows the life of a 16 yearo-old convict through the Soviet penal system....

    Restricted Area
  • 1967
    235 000 000

    235 000 000 (1967)

    235 000 000

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    In the 1966 the population of the Soviet Union was estimated at 235 million. A group of Latvian filmmakers traveled the length and breadth of the country to create a portrait of the diverse population....

    235 000 000
  • 1976
    Tales

    Tales (1976)

    Tales

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    A portrait of the prominent Latvian painter Maija Tabaka, showcasing her work process and life of artists from that time....

    Tales
  • 1963
    Ты и я

    Ты и я (1963)

    Ты и я

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    Ты и я
  • 1973
    Horse Play

    Horse Play (1973)

    Horse Play

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    Reflections on human’s relationship with horses throughout the ages and their depiction in art are shown in parallel to the draft horse competition....

    Horse Play
  • 2005
    Good Friday

    Good Friday (2005)

    Good Friday

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    On the islet of Procida near Naples, Italy, the Mystery Procession commencing at dawn on Good Friday of each year, has been traditionally conducted by the “Turchini Fraternity” since 1627... The film captures portraits of Procida’s inhabitants during...

    Good Friday
  • 2008
    Perpetual Rehearsal

    Perpetual Rehearsal (2008)

    Perpetual Rehearsal

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    In 1991, the Moscow director Yevgeny Aryeh, with a handful of emigrants from the USSR, founded the Gesher Theater in Israel, which means “bridge” in Hebrew. Bridge between people. Bridge between cultures. And now between art forms. After all, "Eterna...

    Perpetual Rehearsal
  • 1964
    The Salt Bread

    The Salt Bread (1964)

    The Salt Bread

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    Herz Frank short film....

    The Salt Bread
  • 2003
    Dear Juliet

    Dear Juliet (2003)

    Dear Juliet

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    An ironic reportage about Shakespeare’s Juliet who has turned from a symbol of love into a victim of mass culture. The film was shot during a day in the backyard of the Cappelletti house in Verona....

    Dear Juliet
  • 1965
    Year in Review

    Year in Review (1965)

    Year in Review

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    Filmmakers of Riga poetic documentary school, Freimanis and Seleckis, were designated as the creative core for this documentary to be shot in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Latvia. The team was joined by the heavyweight poet Imants Zied...

    Year in Review
  • 1984
    To the Edge of Danger

    To the Edge of Danger (1984)

    To the Edge of Danger

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    A documentary about the role of a victim in crime....

    To the Edge of Danger