Gaismas pils
It's 1985, and Latvia is still under the Soviet occupation. Haralds Mednis, acclaimed Latvian choral conductor, is expelled from participating at the National Song and Dance festival, and a symbolic Latvian song "Gaismas pils" ("Castle of Light") is excluded from the programme of the festival. However, the choirs and the public shout out Haralds Mednis's name and try to get him to conduct "Gaismas pils", in spite of the censors. This film is an attempt to imagine what the people working for the state apparatus tasked with oppressing any rebellious actuons might have felt at that moment back in 1985.
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Featured Crew
Edgars Kaupers
Writer
Maksis Gauja
Writer
Dāvids Smiltiņš
Director of Photography
Eva Kaupere
Producer
Aksels Millers
Production Design
Ance Beinaroviča
Costume Design
Līva Drešere
Makeup Artist
Edvards Mikāls
Editor
Ernests Ansons
Sound Director
Edgars Kaupers
Director