The Rifleman

The Rifleman (2019)

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The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this is the first time national battalions are allowed in the Russian Empire. But war is nothing like Arturs imagined – no glory, no fairness. It is brutal and painful. Arturs is now completely alone as war takes the lives of his father and brother. Also, no progress is made in the promised quick resolution of the war and timely return home. Within the notion that only he alone cares about returning home and that his homeland is just a playground for other nations, Arturs finds strength for the final battle and eventually returns home to start everything from scratch, just like his newly born country.

Date of release
2019-11-11
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (205)
Runtime
2h 4m
Genres
War, Drama, History
Director
Dzintars Dreibergs

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Blizzard of Souls
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Blizzard of Souls, or The Rifleman, is a 2019 Latvian historical drama film directed by Dzintars Dreibergs. It premiered on 8 November 2019 in Latvia and on 20 February 2020 internationally, at the European Film Market. The film is an adaptation of Aleksandrs Grīns' novel of the same name, written about his service as a rifleman in World War I. It was selected as the Latvian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards but didn't receive a nomination.

Production

Oto Brantevics, the actor for the lead role of Artūrs, was selected out of 1,300 candidates, despite Brantevics having no prior acting experience. Former Minister of Defence Raimonds Bergmanis made a cameo appearance in the film, while the then-Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks appeared as an extra. Several of the battle scenes were shot at the locations where the historical battles had taken place.

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