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Hack Your Own Leg (1988)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 12M

Director : Igors Linga, Aigars Grauba

Synopsis

An unusually artistic experimental film from Latvia that moves in the sphere of the creation and the world of ballet. Narrated, interpreted and acted by Juris Strenga. - And God said, Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.

Actors

Juris Strenga
Juris Strenga
Lada Rudakova
Lada Rudakova
Ivars Mailitis
Ivars Mailitis
Gunta Bāliņa
Gunta Bāliņa
Prima Ballerina
Viesturs Jansons
Viesturs Jansons
Premiere Dancer

Crews

Igors Linga
Igors Linga
Director
Aigars Grauba
Aigars Grauba
Director
Aigars Grauba
Aigars Grauba
Writer
Jānis Eglītis
Jānis Eglītis
Director of Photography
Andris Damburs
Andris Damburs
Director of Photography

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