Fridrihs Vesmanis. Many Happy Returns!

8.5
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 63 min
  • Premiere: 2023. January 26.

Fridrihs Vesmanis (1875–1941) – the first Chairman of the Saeima (Parliament) of the Republic of Latvia, Latvia’s envoy to Great Britain, and a Supreme Court senator – was arrested and deported by the Soviets in June 1941. It was forbidden to mention his name during the years of the Soviet occupation. Only after Latvia regained its independence, his descendants found his autobiography, which reads like a last letter to the future Latvia. This film is dedicated to the inception of the Latvian state and the centenary of its Constitution and Parliament.

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Directing

Raitis Ābele

Director

Production

Bruno Aščuks

Producer

Sound

Jānis Zaneribs

Sound Director

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