I Remember Everything, Richard

I Remember Everything, Richard
(Rock and Splinter)
I Remember Everything, Richard ; (Rock and Splinter)
Directed by	Rolands Kalniņš
Starring	Eduards Pāvuls; Antra Liedskalniņa; Harijs Liepiņš; Pauls Butkēvičs; Uldis Pūcītis;
Cinematography	Miks Zvirbulis
Music by	Ludgards Gedravičus
Distributed by	Riga Film Studio; Gilde Film Studio;
Release date	1966
Running time	83 minutes
Country	USSR (Latvian SSR)
Language	Latvian

I Remember Everything, Richard (Latvian: Es visu atceros, Ričard) is a 1966 film^[1] produced during Soviet period at the Riga Film Studio. Another name for the film is Rock and Splinters (Latvian: Akmens un šķembas), which is normally applied to the uncut version.

The film's director was Rolands Kalniņš.

Plot[edit]

Synopsis in brief: Three friends — Jānis, Zigis and Ričards — are mobilized into the Latvian Legion during World War II, where they fight against the Red Army in the Volkhov Marshes. Zigis is killed while attempting to desert to the Soviets. Twenty years later the two surviving friends meet again. Jānis has stayed in Soviet Latvia and accepted the new order, while Ričards arrives from abroad, having become an agent to the Western powers hostile to the Soviet system.

While produced during the Soviet period and being full of Soviet propaganda clichés, the film rather objectively describes the events surrounding the participation of Latvian Legion in battles against Soviets on the Leningrad Front during World War II.^[1]

Cast[edit]

The film's cast included several notable Latvian actors: Eduards Pāvuls, Antra Liedskalniņa, Harijs Liepiņš, Pauls Butkēvičs, Uldis Pūcītis.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Neiburgs, Uldis (16 March 2018). "Aftermath: What happened to the Latvian Legionnaires after the war?". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

External links[edit]

I Remember Everything, Richard at IMDb
Akmens un šķembas on VHS - Gilde Film Studio
Video on YouTube (in Latvian)

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[Neiburgs-1] Neiburgs, Uldis (16 March 2018). "Aftermath: What happened to the Latvian Legionnaires after the war?". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Retrieved 27 May 2018.

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