Production Design
The story of Marģers Vestermanis is special since he is one of the few Holocaust survivors in Latvia. Can you live a full and targeted life after your family has been murdered but you have undergone through ghetto and concentration camp? Not everyone has managed – many remained trapped in the past and were not able to find the strength of living on. If you asked Marģers Vestermanis, he would most probably say that there was no other choice for him. However, this film is not only a story about Marģers Vestermanis who survived Holocaust. This is a story about man's place after surviving a tragedy, about how it changes him and the ones around him. And it is also a story about us.
Digital Compositor
Depois de testemunhar sua mãe sendo baleada pelas tropas invasoras alemãs, Arturs, de 16 anos, junto com seu pai, decide se alistar nos batalhões de fuzileiros da Letônia do Exército Imperial Russo, na esperança de se vingar e encontrar a glória. Arturs continua a lutar na Primeira Guerra Mundial na Frente Oriental, onde perde seu pai e irmão, e rapidamente se desilude. Eventualmente, Arturs retorna ao seu recém-proclamado país para lutar na Guerra da Independência da Letônia e começar tudo do zero.