The Rifleman
The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian Empire. But war is nothing like Arturs imagined – no glory, no fairness. It is brutal and painful. Arturs is now completely alone as war takes the lives of his father and brother. Also, no progress is made in the promised quick resolution of the war and timely return home. Within the notion that only he alone cares about returning home and that his homeland is just a playground for other nations, Arturs finds strength for the final battle and eventually returns home to start everything from scratch, just like his newly born country.
Cast
Oto Brantevics
as Arturs Vanags
Vilis Daudziņš
as Col. Sala
Ivars Krasts
as
Gatis Gāga
as Konrads
Martins Vilsons
as Vanags
Rēzija Kalniņa
as Mother
Raimonds Celms
as Edgars Vanags
Jēkabs Reinis
as Mikelsons
Ieva Florence-Vīksne
as Mirdza
Renārs Zeltiņš
as Spilva
Reviews
MovieGuys
Based on the book by the same name, Blizzard of Souls, is an insight into Latvia's tragic wartime past. Set during WWI, Blizzard of Souls, offers an un-glamorous insight into the horror of war. The obsessive militarism and nationalism of the period, fail to mitigate wars reality. That is, the los...
