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The year before the war / a film by Davis Simanis ; produced by Roberts Vinovskis.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 038 886
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Latvian
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Mystery.
- War.
- Suspense/Thriller.
- Interpersonal relations--Drama.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Revolutionaries--Drama.
- Revolutionaries.
- Rīga (Latvia)--History--Drama.
- Rīga (Latvia).
- Local Subjects:
- Mystery.
- War.
- Suspense/Thriller.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Historical films.
- War films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Astoria, NY : Indiepix Films, [2026]
- Language Note:
- German audio.
- System Details:
- DVD, all regions; wide screen (16:9); 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- surround
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- As Europe teeters on the brink of World War I, an ordinary doorman in Riga is swept into a whirlwind of radical ideologies, political upheaval, and rising nationalism. His journey becomes an odyssey across a continent in turmoil, carrying him from utopian communes to imperial capitals while crossing paths with some of the era's most influential figures amid the unraveling of the old order.
- Participant:
- Gints Gravelis, Petr Buchta, Inga Silina, Girts Kesteris, Lauris Dzelzitis, Eduards Johansons.
- Credits:
- Director, Davis Simanis Jr..
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
- Title from disc label.
- Wide screen (16:9).
- Contains:
- Container of: Gads pirms kara (Motion picture). French
- Container of: Gads pirms kara (Motion picture). Latvian
- Container of: Gads pirms kara (Motion picture). Russian
- Container of: Gads pirms kara (Motion picture)
- OCLC:
- 1596181173
- Publisher Number:
- 845637064977
- 19823619 Midwest Tape
- IP6497 IndiePix Films
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