Vija Artmane

Acting

Vija Artmane

Born August 21, 1929 · Kayve, Sema volost, Tukums uezd, Russian Empire

Died October 11, 2008 · aged 79

Vija Artmane was a prominent Latvian film actress.

Known For

The Swamp WaderThe Swamp Wader · 1966
The Swamp Wader
5.21966
MovieDrama
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. 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 a rich landowner, Akmentins.
After The StormAfter The Storm · 1956
After The Storm
9.01956
MovieDrama
A Man of a RetinueA Man of a Retinue · 1987
A Man of a Retinue
8.01987
MovieDrama
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...
The Times of the SurveyorsThe Times of the Surveyors · 1968
The Times of the Surveyors
6.01968
MovieDramaHistory
Land surveyors arrive in two parishes to measure and redistribute manor land. The rivalry between both feoffees for land and woman begins.
Gift for a Single WomanGift for a Single Woman · 1973
Gift for a Single Woman
3.81973
MovieComedy
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?
Kārkli pelēkie ziedKārkli pelēkie zied · 1961
Kārkli pelēkie zied
8.01961
MovieDrama
A film about the intertwined fates of ordinary students and the artists of a youth theatre.
GladiatorGladiator · 1971
Gladiator
7.51971
MovieDrama
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.
StormStorm · 1961
Storm
7.51961
MovieDrama
After losing his job, Kārlis is forced into grueling work at a remote peat quarry—only to find himself caught between the Communist underground and the Latvian counterintelligence service, where every choice carries a moral cost.

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