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Baron Munchausen’s string of victories against the Turks is disrupted by a love letter from his bride, Jacobine von Dunten, propelling the Baron into an adventure-filled journey back to her.
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Prop & Berta is the story of a friendship between a little stout man and a big and proud cow, who are able to talk to each other. Together they confront an ugly and evil witch who is determined to get rid of them because they have moved into a house on the edge of her wood. The witch hates neighbours and through magic and evil planning she turns Prop and Berta's friends, the Teeny burpers, into dangerous hoodlums who begin to terrorize the nearby town. Prop and Berta manage to overcome the witch and turn her into a good person, restoring peace in the little town and breaking the spell which binds their friends.
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A humorous puppet animation short by the idiosyncratic animation studio "Animācijas brigāde". It's morning in the forest, the Tiger and the Bird are waking up, but their usual morning routine gets interrupted by a misunderstanding that leads them down an eventful path along with all the other animals that happen to get in their way...
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The first part of the puppet series "Rezgalības" about the adventures of a boy named Pēteris. The first part tells about events taking place during winter.
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The first part of the puppet series "Rezgalības" about the adventures of a boy named Pēteris. The first part tells about events taking place during winter.
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A homeless New York man (looking very much like Charlie Chaplin) dreams about getting himself a warm room and food, and tries various things to fulfill his dream - yet something always goes wrong.
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Based on Heinrich Heine’s poem, this film traces humanity’s longing for beauty and fulfilment, as expressed through a song about the legendary island of Bimini and its magical well whose waters revive a person’s strength and youth.
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A puppet animation film by the legendary Arnolds Burovs.
Ten year old Sancho arrives to Leningrad and starts looking for friends.
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Story about a poor orphan Dauka.
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A little boy neglects his toys and treats his best friend - a red kitten - just as badly. While inventing more cruel games, the boy happens to annoy the magician, who in anger turns the boy into a doll, and the kitten grows into a wild tiger in the eyes of his tormentor. It is not easy to escape the beast and make everything fall into place again.
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Based on themes from Latvian folk tales, Cock-a-doodle-doo! tells of how a rich man steals a magic mill from a poor farmer. Eventually the farmer wins back the mill with the help of two loyal friends – a dog and a rooster. The first stop-motion animation film by the Riga Motion Picture Studio, created by four professional puppeteers from the Latvian Puppet Theatre and directed by Arnolds Burovs. The film constituted a successful beginning for a stable and long-standing tradition and is evidence of the intuitive skills of the filmmaker required for stop-motion animation, namely, the ability to work with precision and economy of expression.
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Moscow is now more than 800 years old but still very young. One has to look at it with the open heart and then there is a world to know and to love. Here is a photo-study of Moscow by Latvian master of photography Gunārs Binde.
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A cat's "songs" late at night interrupt the retired man's sleep. The noise is getting intolerable and the old man calls The Rescue Team. They arrive immediately, without even finishing their supper.