Marija's Silence (Latvian: Marijas klusums) is a 2024 Latvian-Lithuanian feature film directed by Davis Simanis Jr.[1][2] The film is based on real events and tells the sad story of the Latvian theatre Skatuve, almost all of whose employees were shot in Moscow during the Great Terror. At the center of the story is the fate of the Latvian silent film star Marija Leiko. The world premiere of the film took place at the 74th Berlin Film Festival in February 2024.[3] The Latvian premiere took place on April 4, 2024.[4]
| Marija's Silence | |
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| Latvian: Marijas klusums | |
| Directed by | Davis Simanis Jr |
| Written by | Davis Simanis Jr Tabita Rudzāte Magali Negroni |
| Produced by | Gints Grūbe Inese Boka-Grūbe |
| Starring | Olga Šepicka Artūrs Skrastiņš Ģirts Ķesteris |
| Cinematography | Andrejs Rudzāts |
| Edited by | Ieva Veiverīte |
| Music by | Justinas Staras Paulus Kilbauskas |
Production company | Mistrus Media |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Countries | Latvia Lithuania |
| Languages | Latvian Russian Deutsch |
Director Davis Simanis explained already at the filming stage that he wanted to draw parallels between the dramatic events of the era of Stalinist terror and the growing wave of repression in modern Russia under the dictatorship of Vladimir Putin.[5]
Cast
edit- Olga Šepicka as Marija Leiko
- Artūrs Skrastiņš as Jēkabs Peterss
- Ģirts Ķesteris as Leonid Zakovsky
- Inese Kučinska as Asja Lācis, director
- Vilis Daudziņš as Osvalds Glaznieks
- Gleb Belikov as Nikolai Yezhov
References
edit- ^ Katrin Dorksen (2024). "Marijas Klusums Kritik". kino-zeit.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
- ^ "Предпосылка высказывания. Новый латвийский фильм «Молчание Марии»" (in Russian). 2024-04-27.
- ^ "Berlinale 2024". inter-film.org. INTERFILM. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Dāvja Sīmaņa filma 'Marijas klusums' pasaules pirmizrādi piedzīvos 18 februārī". LSM.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ^ Волчек, Дмитрий (21 February 2024). "Идентификация зла. Фильм о расстрелянной кинозвезде". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-03-21.