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After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?
The Heiress of Werewolves
Latvia. The end of the 19th century. In a corner of a parish on the shore of a lake, two families live side by side. The Dievlodziņi and the Vilkači. With a long-standing hatred in their relations. True, the manifestations of hatred are felt only in the Dievlodziņi homes. How could it not! They are increasingly unlucky, diseases and livestock diseases strike, and the crops do not yield. In contrast, in the Vilkači, everything grows in a whirlwind, and diseases also continue to take a detour. This leads us to think that the Vilkači family achieves its prosperity by pestering and practicing witchcraft. Over time, they have also managed to turn the other people of the parish against them. However, the essence is completely different. The Vilkači people, being Christians, have not forgotten the ancient traditions and customs of the Latvian people, which are rooted in human life, not separating themselves from nature.
Theatre
Set in early 20th-century England, a celebrated middle-aged actress, Julia Lambert, begins an affair with a young clerk named Tom Fennell. After realising he is merely a social climber using her for status, Julia tries to break free from the infatuation.
Captain Nulle
Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to include dubious characters in his crew, for example, former captain Bauze and silent alcoholic Juhans. The young captain lacks experience in working with so many fishermen on board. Unexpectedly, pretty engineer Sabīne is ordered to test a new construction fishing net on Nulle's ship and 'production conflict' between her and the captain arises...
Theatre
The great actress Julia Lambert suddenly realizes that she is, alas, getting old. What can help a woman who has absolutely everything? Only new love. And Julia falls in love with the first person she meets: an ambitious young man who has not a penny behind his soul. So begins a new life - a new romance and new tears. How else could it be?
Victoria
A miller's son, Johannes, falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner, Victoria. The novel follows them through adolescence, as Johannes struggles with the social hierarchy and becomes a successful author, and Victoria is forced into marrying Otto, a lieutenant, to save the troubled family economy.
Stronger Than a Hurricane
The Soviet training sailing ship Albatross arrived in Jakarta. Having loaded with rice intended for the starving population of an African country, the ship was ready for departure. A senior officer of the West German "Norden", having learned that the "Albatross" was commanded by Captain Belous, decided to get acquainted with his old adversary (during the war they had to face each other in battle in the Baltic Sea). They were introduced to each other in the city park. The acquaintance of the two teams ended with the fact that cadet Khmara became an unwitting culprit of an "emergency incident" provoked by the German crew. Nevertheless, strictly on schedule loaded ships left the harbor. A severe storm off the southern coast of Africa seriously tested the fortitude of the two crews. The Germans were the first to enter the storm...
The Times of the Surveyors
Land surveyors arrive in two parishes to measure and redistribute manor land. The rivalry between both feoffees for land and woman begins.
Ceplis
Latvia in the 1920s. The enterprising Edgars Ceplis establishes a company to produce bricks from Latvian clay for export. Many are involved in his project, hoping for the huge profits the venture promises. Ceplis soon becomes infatuated with his office typist Austra Zīle and starts neglecting the business...
Werewolf Tom
The times of serfdom in Latvia. Brothers Tom, Michelis and Andris, driven to despair by the cruelty of the Dormuizh landowner, decide to start a liberation struggle. Tom and Michelis go into the forest and tame a wolf pack there. Taking advantage of the folk legend that a person can turn into a werewolf and live in his guise, the brothers intend to fight the German barons with the help of a wolf pack controlled by them and a messenger Andris, who has remained in the village for the time being...
In the Shadow of Death
A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.
Tapers
The path of the main character to the tops of creative work is a chain of victories and losses, in which gains and irretrievable losses alternate.
Ceļa zīmes
Young Ģirts leaves the city for a summer work placement in the countryside, where he stays with his beloved uncle Roberts, whom he has admired since losing his father. But the charming uncle proves to be a reckless driver, heavy drinker and womaniser, making a living from illicit rides. Drawn into Roberts and his friend Artūrs’s way of life, Ģirts gradually adopts their values and reckless habits. One night, a drunken car crash leaves the girl he loves injured, forcing Ģirts to confront the consequences of the choices he has made.
Captain Enrico's Watch
A young boy finds a watch with an engraving in Spanish saying that the watch belongs to Captain Enrico, and adventures begin...
The Ambassador of the Soviet Union
Imaginary story of the first Soviet woman diplomat loosely based on real story of Alexandra Kollontai. In the difficult years of the Great Patriotic War, Elena Koltsova, Soviet ambassador to a neutral Scandinavian country, works hard to expose the provocations of Hitler's Germany.