The Sign Painter
Latvian World War II film (2020)
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The Sign Painter (Latgalian: Piļsāta pi upis, Latvian: Pilsēta pie upes – 'city by the river') is a 2020 historical drama film written and directed by Latvian filmmaker Viestur Kairish. The film premiered on 15 January 2020 in Latvia[1] and on 19 November 2020 internationally at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.[2]
Directed byViestur Kairish
Written byViestur Kairish (based on a novel by Gunārs Janovskis)
Produced byGuntis Trekteris
Julietta Sichel
Kęstutis Drazdauskas
Peter Ragauss
Julietta Sichel
Kęstutis Drazdauskas
Peter Ragauss
StarringDāvis Suharevskis
Gundars Āboliņš
Agnese Cīrule
Juozas Budraitis
Brigita Cmuntova
Gundars Āboliņš
Agnese Cīrule
Juozas Budraitis
Brigita Cmuntova
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| Directed by | Viestur Kairish |
| Written by | Viestur Kairish (based on a novel by Gunārs Janovskis) |
| Produced by | Guntis Trekteris Julietta Sichel Kęstutis Drazdauskas Peter Ragauss |
| Starring | Dāvis Suharevskis Gundars Āboliņš Agnese Cīrule Juozas Budraitis Brigita Cmuntova |
| Cinematography | Gints Bērziņš |
| Edited by | Armands Začs |
| Music by | Juste Janulytė |
| Distributed by | EastWest Distribution |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Countries | Latvia Czech Republic Lithuania |
| Languages | Latgalian Latvian German Russian Yiddish |
| Budget | EUR 1.5 million |
Plot
The Sign Painter is a tragicomedy about a young Latgalian man, Ansis, with the dream to marry Zisele, the daughter of a local Jewish merchant, and to pursue a career as an artist whilst supporting himself as a sign painter through Ulmanis' Authoritarian Regime and the subsequent Soviet, German and Soviet occupations of Latvia during World War II.
