
Jānis Zariņš
Acting
Biography
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Born: August 13, 1936
Place of Birth: Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
Known For

Golden Chain
Based on the novel of the same name and the stories of A. Green. Once, a young man, Sandy, undertook to transport two strangers to Snake Island to the palace of the wealthy Hanover. The landlord, admiring the courage of a young sailor who was not afraid of the stormy weather, invited the young man to be his guest. Walking around the fabulous palace, Sandy accidentally finds out the story of Hanuver ...

Golden Chain
Based on the novel of the same name and the stories of A. Green. Once, a young man, Sandy, undertook to transport two strangers to Snake Island to the palace of the wealthy Hanover. The landlord, admiring the courage of a young sailor who was not afraid of the stormy weather, invited the young man to be his guest. Walking around the fabulous palace, Sandy accidentally finds out the story of Hanuver ...

Attack On The Secret Police

Wish Me Bad Weather

Zītaru dzimta
Tragedy of the Zitars family based on the novel by Vilis Lacis.

Long Road in the Dunes
The action of the film takes place in Latvia and spans the period from 1939 to the early 1970s. The events that occurred in the country had various effects on the fates of the characters. But throughout it all, love guided them — it scattered and gathered, made them suffer terribly, and made them the happiest people in the world...

Naughty Emil
One of the iconic Latvian movies. Based on Astrid Lindgren's book 'Emil of Lönneberga'. A story of a little boy, Emil, who, according to others is incredibly naughty, but actually Emil is a lot more kind hearted than all the rest. And everything he does is to help someone. But somehow it all the time turns out like a prank. His family won't agree with any pranks on themselves, so there goes Emil in his father's tool shed, where he's locked up for every prank. Includes the phrase - 'the main idea is to keep your feet warm', which has been adapted in Latvian culture, so it's already a saying.

Long Road in the Dunes
The action of the film takes place in Latvia and spans the period from 1939 to the early 1970s. The events that occurred in the country had various effects on the fates of the characters. But throughout it all, love guided them — it scattered and gathered, made them suffer terribly, and made them the happiest people in the world...

The Wedding
The beautiful Tanya returns to her small mining town, after supposedly working as a model in Moscow. She decides to marry her shy school sweetheart Mishka, who now works in the mine. The miners finally receive some pay, but Mishka still ends up with no money to buy his bride a gift, so he seeks the help of his perpetually drunk buddy Garkusha. Mishka's poor working-class family all help to put on a fine wedding with copious amounts of vodka, even though they are suspicious of Tanya's occupation in Moscow, and of her connection with her Mafia ex-boyfriend Borodin.

Double Trap
A police is trying to fight the criminal organization responsible for the illegal export of arts abroad. He pretends to be a criminal to enter and destroy their gang.
Filmography
as Брук
as Mārtiņš
as Mārtiņš
as Beals, Molly's father
as Bilz
as Sledovatel Sprudzh
as Zandbergs
as secret police investigator