Agapitova and the Rescued
Agapitova un Izglābtie, Latvia, 2009, 56 min, DVD, History
This is a film about the return of an individual to the Far North and to the past. Agapitova, Igarka – the vast lands of Siberia to which Ilmārs Knaģis and 4,000 other children from Latvia were deported in 1941. In the autumn of 1942, 700 mothers and children of different nationalities were sent to the death island of Agapitova. Only 60 survived, and among them were six Latvian children – Biruta Kazaka, Pāvels Kliesbergs, Venta Grāvīte, Ilmārs Grāvītis, Pēteris Bērziņš and Valentīna Voiciša. Their memories are bitter and even unbelievable.
Director:
Dzintra Geka
Producer:
Dzintra Geka
Director of photography:
Aivars Lubanietis
Screenplay:
Eriks Lanss
Editor:
Armands Zvirbulis
Music:
Peteris Vasks
Sound:
Jānis Kazulis
World Sales:
Dzintra Geka
Languages:
Latvian
Subtitles:
English
studio SB
Graudu 41a
LV1058 Riga, Latvia
Rija Films
Meness 4
LV-1013 Riga, Latvia
Tallin Black Night Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
International Festival DetectiveFEST
the Nationsl Cinema Centrethe Cultural Capital Fund