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Herz Frank (17 January 1926- 3 March 2013) was one of the most famous documentary filmmakers of Latvia. At the beginning of 1960he was among the first to establish the so-called Riga poetic documentary school – the Latvian “new wave”. Since then Herz Frank’s filmography includes more than 80 films, many of which have justly been included in the golden funds of Latvian film history. During his life Herz Frank has received Life contribution award in cinema, among which is also the recognition by the Latvian National film festival (2001).
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01 January 1965
Filmmakers of Riga poetic documentary school, Freimanis and Seleckis, were designated as the creative core for this documentary to be shot in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Soviet Latvia.
01 July 2018
At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct cinema in Québec began to vie for notice, the Baltics wit-nessed the birth of a generation of documentarists who favored a more romantic view of the world around them.
01 January 1984
A documentary about the role of a victim in crime.
11 May 1978
In this ten-minute documentary experiment, director Herz Frank films a group of children watching a puppet show, keeping the camera fixed on their faces in a single continuous shot.
07 November 1967
In the 1966 the population of the Soviet Union was estimated at 235 million. A group of Latvian filmmakers traveled the length and breadth of the country to create a portrait of the diverse population.
06 February 1972
A psychological portrait of kolkhos chairman Edgar Kaulin, who saved many Latvian farmers from deportations by the Soviets in the period 1945-53, and with them built up a kolkhos.
01 January 1971
Soviet Union's routine explained through the life of common people.
08 August 1965
A poetic film about theatre being played to workers of a factory during their lunchbreak.
01 April 2003
An autobiographical work from Herz Frank. Images guide us through the countries in which he worked, interspersed with fragments from his earlier films: births, autopsies, circumcisions, prisoners awaiting execution and other shocking themes.
01 January 2005
On the islet of Procida near Naples, Italy, the Mystery Procession commencing at dawn on Good Friday of each year, has been traditionally conducted by the “Turchini Fraternity” since 1627.
10 January 1989
Filmed largely in close-up, this documentary records a woman giving birth while her husband remains at her side.
17 July 2001
Love is stronger than death. The film is based on a unique photograph from the Holocaust – a symbol of the invincibility of the human spirit.
06 February 1975
Homage to the woman artist.
01 January 2003
An ironic reportage about Shakespeare’s Juliet who has turned from a symbol of love into a victim of mass culture.
09 December 2014
The main characters of the film have made choices, which change their lives forever. A young man Yigal Amir assassinates the Prime Minister of Israel and becomes the most hated prisoner in the country.
01 January 1987
A man is facing a trial for murdering a Latvian union leader, which more likely than not will end with a death sentence.
01 January 1976
A portrait of the prominent Latvian painter Maija Tabaka, showcasing her work process and life of artists from that time.
21 March 1973
Reflections on human’s relationship with horses throughout the ages and their depiction in art are shown in parallel to the draft horse competition.
03 March 2008
In 1991, the Moscow director Yevgeny Aryeh, with a handful of emigrants from the USSR, founded the Gesher Theater in Israel, which means “bridge” in Hebrew.
24 August 1989
One family, one band. They seemed to be happy. A movie that investigates why these seemingly optimistic musicians suddenly saw no hope to continue living in USSR and tried to escape it by hijacking a plane.
01 January 1977
Film about the Latvian Red Riflemen, and life story of August Daume.
27 May 1964
In the evening newspaper "Rīgas Balss," reports by Hercs Franks often appeared, consisting of eight photographs, one on each page.
01 January 1967
In 1968 Herz Frank made Without Legends (Bez leģendām) at the Kuibishev studios, together with Aloizs Brenčs and Aleksandr Sazhin.
01 February 1998
The film is about a rabbi who spends his days and nights at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
27 May 1963
The story of love, trust, and compassion for one another.
03 January 1961
A little girl wanders all alone in the morning, through a bustling city, looking for the white bells she noticed in the window of a florist's shop.
01 January 1998
“Like the right and left hand Your soul is close to my soul We are sealed shut, blissfully and warmly, Like the right and left wing…” The life and art of Pavel Kogan and Lyudmila Stanukinas, two famous Leningrad documentary filmmakers, can best be expressed by the Tsvetaeva stanza cited above.
01 January 1992
The documentary is dedicated to the painful issues of the Holocaust and the Riga Ghetto.
01 April 1975
The life of a 16 yearo-old convict through the Soviet penal system. The "restricted area" is a penal colony and Borstal, a "work camp" for delinquent children and young people.
01 January 1979
The creation of Sergeij Eisenstein's wooden sculpture by Igor Vasiliers.
06 February 1975
Philosophic reportage about work of pathoanatomist. Documentary version of Rembrandt’s «Anatomy Lesson».
01 January 1990
The film captures those sacred moments when a person converses with God, feels their connection to the universe, and their soul is open to the good, the beautiful, the spiritual.
18 February 1974
The film is about the selector Pēteris Upītis, who was awarded the honorary title of Meritorious Worker of Science and Technology of the Latvian SSR.
