The Year Before the War
Synopsis
Stylized as silent cinema, the film connects political and philosophical extremes of 1913 in a story of a young man participating at the creation of a new world. This mysterious adventurer, who was known as Peter the Lett, gets involved in a tragicomic and surreal race from a routine clerk job and a romantic passion in Riga to preparation of the world revolution in Vienna, psychoanalysis at Freud’s salon and seduction of Mata Hari in Paris.
The Year Before the War (2021) is a 1h 35min thriller feature film by Dāvis Sīmanis Jr.. Stylized as silent cinema, the film connects political and philosophical extremes of 1913 in a story of a young man p... Selected for Bolton International Film Festival (2021).
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Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Lithuania | November 17, 2021 |
Full credits
| Director | Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. |
| Cast | Petr Buchta, Inga Apine, Ģirts Ķesteris, Lauris Dzelzītis, Gints Grāvelis, Juris Strenga, Jānis Putniņš, Eduards Johansons |
| Screenplay | Dāvis Sīmanis Jr., Tabita Rudzāte, Uldis Tīrons |
| Producer | Roberts Vinovskis |
| Cinematography | Andrejs Rudzāts |
| Editing | Anna Ryndová |
| Production design | Kristīne Jurjāne |
Identifiers & sources
| Wikidata | Q61473393 |
| IMDb | tt13887008 |
| TMDB | 778674 |
Additional data: TMDB.
