Maria's Silence
movie
View on VideBits →In 1937, silent film star Maria Leiko travels to USSR upon learning of the birth of her granddaughter. But when she discovers the tragic circumstances of that event, KGB agents persuade her to remain in the country. Leiko abandons her cinema career to instead join Skatuve, the Latvian State Theatre in Moscow. Soon she discovers that she is being manipulated by the government amid its purges of political enemies. As a network of traitors, informers, and NKVD agents surround her, she must choose between family and career, and between her ideals and the lies of Stalin’s totalitarian regime.
Cast & crew
Artūrs Skrastiņš · Dace Scerbina · Gatis Maliks · Ģirts Ķesteris · Gļebs Beļikovs · Inese Kučinska-Laukšteine · Mihails Karasikovs · Olga Šepicka · Vilis Daudziņš · Zenija Skuberte-Sudmale · Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. · Magali Negroni · Tabita Rudzāte