The Year Before the War

Name: The Year Before the War
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Cast: Petr Buchta, Lauris Dzelzitis, Dace Eversa, Gints Gravelis, Eduards Johansons

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2021

1h 35m

Mystery & Thriller

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In 1913, Peter from Latvia roams around Europe. Starting as a doorman in Riga, Latvia, his odyssey embroils him in the revolutionary plans of communists, anarchists, proto-fascists and nationalists.

Dennis Harvey

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Jun 11, 2026

The film never fully gels as a unified whole. Yet its ambition as well as craft are always intriguing -- this is one of those movies so odd on a rather lavish scale that you can’t quite believe it got made.

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Davis Simanis Jr.

Director

Petr Buchta

Hans

Lauris Dzelzitis

Lenin

Dace Eversa

Peasant woman

Gints Gravelis

Trotsky

Eduards Johansons

Stalin

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In 1913, Peter from Latvia roams around Europe. Starting as a doorman in Riga, Latvia, his odyssey embroils him in the revolutionary plans of communists, anarchists, proto-fascists and nationalists.

Director: Davis Simanis Jr.
Producer: Roberts Vinovskis
Screenwriter: Tabita Rudzate
Production Co: Studio Uljana Kim, Studio Locomotive, Produkce Radim Procházka
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: German
Runtime: 1h 35m

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