Alfrēds Jaunušans

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.

Springtime Frost

The end of nineteenth century. Maidservant Madara is in love with farmhand Andrs, yet she marries a rich and old household owner. As time passes, her heart hardens and things get complicated when Andrs returns to the neighborhood and Madara's husband dies leaving her widowed with a son.

In the Shadow of a Sword

The Indrans

Kārkli pelēkie zied

A film about the intertwined fates of ordinary students and the artists of a youth theatre.

After The Storm

Stranger in the Village

A man returns to his village after many years away with his new wife in tow.

Causes and effects

This screen adaptation of Andrejs Upītis' novella marks the debut in Latvian cinema of two of the first graduates of the Moscow Film Institute - director Varis Krūmiņš and cinematographer Māris Rudzītis. An egg comes out of a shopping bag and breaks in the street, triggering a chain of events that entangles the accountant Krastiņš, his fiancée Ada, a minister, a poet, a critic, a minister and other members of the highest circles...