Latvian World War II film (2020)

The Sign Painter

Theatrical release poster

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

Release date

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15)

Running time

118 minutes

Countries

Latvia
Czech Republic
Lithuania

Languages

Latgalian
Latvian
German
Russian
Yiddish

Budget

EUR 1.5 million

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 and on 19 November 2020 internationally at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

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 [lv] and the subsequent Soviet, German and Soviet occupations of Latvia during World War II.

References

^ "The Sign Painter". National Film Centre of Latvia. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

^ Balčus, Zane (6 November 2020). "Latvian/Czech/Lithuanian The Sign Painter Signs North American Sales Deal". Film New Europe Association. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

External links

The Sign Painter at IMDb
Official trailer (in Latgalian and English)

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