The Rifleman
The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian Empire. But war is nothing like Arturs imagined – no glory, no fairness. It is brutal and painful. Arturs is now completely alone as war takes the lives of his father and brother. Also, no progress is made in the promised quick resolution of the war and timely return home. Within the notion that only he alone cares about returning home and that his homeland is just a playground for other nations, Arturs finds strength for the final battle and eventually returns home to start everything from scratch, just like his newly born country.
Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs · Written by Boris Frumin
Where to Watch
Rent or Buy
Cast
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Oto Brantevics Arturs Vanags -
Vilis Daudziņš Col. Sala -
Ivars Krasts -
Gatis Gāga Konrads -
Martins Vilsons Vanags -
Rēzija Kalniņa Mother -
Raimonds Celms Edgars Vanags -
Jēkabs Reinis Mikelsons -
Ieva Florence-Vīksne Mirdza - Renārs Zeltiņš Spilva
- Grēta Trušiņa Marta
Make it a double feature
3h 54m together
The Rifleman
Escape Net
Both from Dzintars Dreibergs.
