Krustcelš = Homeland / film made in association with NHK, Juris Podnieks Studio and Central Independent Television ; produced and directed by Juris Podnieks ; a JPS production for Central and Channel Four.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Podnieks, Juris., Producer, Director.

Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai, film production company.

Soviet-British Creative Association. Baltic Branch, film production company.

Central Independent Television, film production company.

Channel Four (Great Britain), film production company.

Jura Podnieka Studija, film production company, editor.

Language:

English

Latvian

Russian

Subjects (All):

Baltic States--History--1940-1991.

Baltic States.

Baltic States--Songs and music.

Vispārējie latviešu dziesmu svētki ASV.

Genre:

Feature films -- Latvia.

Foreign language films -- Latvian.

Documentary films.

Feature films.

History.

Songs and music.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (64 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Homeland

Place of Publication:

Riga, Latvia : Jura Podnieka Studija, [2005]

Language Note:

In Latvian with optional English, Latvian or Russian subtitles; menus in Latvian, English or Russian.

System Details:

DVD, PAL, all region; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; stereo.

Summary:

Documentary on the occupation of the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia after World War II by the Soviets. Portions focus on the music that has kept the traditions of the Baltic alive through song festivals. Includes footage of the Latvian Song Festival.

Credits:

Cameramen, Andris Slapins, Gvido Zvaigzne, Juris Podnieks ; editor, Antra Cilinska ; music, Martin Braun ; executive producer, Roger James.

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1990.

Special features include director biography and a sequel to the film, Postscriptum (32 min. ; 1991), which describes the tragic events in Vilnius and Latvia in 1991 when two cameramen were shot and killed by Soviet troops.

Local Notes:

Issued by the publisher to accompany Stork flying over pinewood : Nordic-Baltic film cooperation, 1998-2014 / Jan-Erik Holst (editor). University of Pennsylvania Libraries have cataloged these items separately. See PN/1993.5/S2/S67/2014.

Contains:

Postscriptum.

Pēcvārds.

OCLC:

77560694