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The Cathedral

The Cathedral

Original Title: Doms

199119m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1991

Runtime

19m

Storyline

The Latvian director’s graduation film from Moscow Film School does not deliver images loyal to the regime but is a testimony to her journalistic background. When the independence struggle is to be suppressed by military power, the people in Riga erect barricades. Laila Pakalniņa captured the dramatic events whose topicality is frightening.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
19m
Jan 1, 1991
Director
Laila Pakalnina
Laila Pakalnina
Production
Film Studio Devini
Film Studio Devini
Production Countries
Latvia

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