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The Rifleman

The Rifleman

20197.22h 4m

Overview

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.

Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs
Written by Boris Frumin, Aleksandrs Grīns, Miguel Machalski
Produced by Inga Praņevska, Dzintars Dreibergs
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Top Cast

Oto Brantevics

Oto Brantevics

Arturs Vanags

Vilis Daudziņš

Vilis Daudziņš

Col. Sala

Ivars Krasts

Ivars Krasts

Gatis Gāga

Gatis Gāga

Konrads

Martins Vilsons

Martins Vilsons

Vanags

Rēzija Kalniņa

Rēzija Kalniņa

Mother

Raimonds Celms

Raimonds Celms

Edgars Vanags

Jēkabs Reinis

Jēkabs Reinis

Mikelsons

Ieva Florence-Vīksne

Ieva Florence-Vīksne

Mirdza

R

Renārs Zeltiņš

Spilva

Themes & Keywords

world war ipatriotismsoldier

About The Rifleman

The Rifleman is a war, drama, history film released in 2019 exploring themes of world war i, patriotism, soldier. Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs, it stars Oto Brantevics, Vilis Daudziņš, Ivars Krasts. 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.

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