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Marija's Silence

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Marija's Silence
Latvian: Marijas klusums
Directed byDavis Simanis Jr
Written byDavis Simanis Jr
Tabita Rudzāte
Magali Negroni
Produced byGints Grūbe
Inese Boka-Grūbe
StarringOlga Šepicka
Artūrs Skrastiņš
Ģirts Ķesteris
CinematographyAndrejs Rudzāts
Edited byIeva Veiverīte
Music byJustinas Staras
Paulus Kilbauskas
Production
company
Mistrus Media
Release date
  • February 18, 2024 (2024-02-18) (Berlin)
Running time
103 minutes
CountriesLatvia
Lithuania
LanguagesLatvian
Russian
Deutsch

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]

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]

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References

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  1. ^ Katrin Dorksen (2024). "Marijas Klusums Kritik". kino-zeit.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-03-22.
  2. ^ "Предпосылка высказывания. Новый латвийский фильм «Молчание Марии»" (in Russian). 2024-04-27.
  3. ^ "Berlinale 2024". inter-film.org. INTERFILM. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  4. ^ "Dāvja Sīmaņa filma 'Marijas klusums' pasaules pirmizrādi piedzīvos 18 februārī". LSM.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  5. ^ Волчек, Дмитрий (21 February 2024). "Идентификация зла. Фильм о расстрелянной кинозвезде". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-03-21.
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