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Against the Current

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 0M

Director : Liene Laviņa-Kalnaella

Synopsis

A film about a unique personality with an unbreakable spirit – Gunārs Astra. He can be considered as Latvian Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn or Václav Havel. Twenty years he spent in Soviet prisons because of anti-government thinking. In a 1983 trial by the Latvian SSR, Astra said, “I believe this time will fade like an evil nightmare.” The fate of Gunārs Astra himself was tragic. Like Alexei Navalny in Russia, Astra was poisoned with tea on a train to Saint Petersburg. A week later, Gunārs Astra died. Astra’s death became a symbol of light on the long road to the restoration of Latvia’s independence.

Actors

Crews

Liene Laviņa-Kalnaella
Liene Laviņa-Kalnaella
Director
Gundars Rēders
Gundars Rēders
Writer
Sandijs Semjonovs
Sandijs Semjonovs
Producer
Edmunds Jansons
Edmunds Jansons
Animation
Sandra Alksne
Sandra Alksne
Editor

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