Dear Life

Dear Life — Plot

A homage to Krišjānis Barons and his life's work – to collect and catalogue Latvian folksongs or dainas,thus creating the encyclopaedia of Latvian life, a poetic reflection of the knowledge of life accumulated over the centuries. The film is based on Krišjānis Barons' life during late 1800s and early 1900s – his childhood and youth in Latvia, studies and work in St. Petersburg and other places in Russia, his relationship with his faithful wife Dārta, and the awakening of the Latvian self-awareness.

• Release date
• January 4, 1989
• Runtime
• 185 min
• Genres
• TV Movie, History
• Director
• Aivars Freimanis

Dear Life — Cast

Valdemārs Zandbergs Krišjānis Barons Velta Līne Dārta Leonīds Grabovskis Indra Briķe Juris Bartkevičs Maija Apine Alvis Hermanis Ivars Brakovskis