“Servants of the Devil” ( Latvian. Vella kalpi ) is a Soviet musical historical and adventure film based on the novels of Rutku Teva, shot at the Riga Film Studio in 1970 .
| Servants of the Devil | |
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| Vella kalpi | |
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| Genre | historical , adventure , comedy |
| Producer | Alexander Leimanis |
| Author script | J. Aneraud and A. Leimanis |
| In the main cast | H. Ritenbergs, A. Ekis , E. Pavuls |
| Operator | M. Klein |
| Composer | R. Pauls |
| Film company | Riga film studio |
| Duration | 90 min |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Tongue | Latvian / Russian |
| Year | 1970 |
| IMDb | ID 0314684 |
8th place in the film distribution of the USSR in 1972 - 33.6 million viewers.
Content
Story
Latvia , XVII century , the times of the Polish-Swedish war . Three courageous citizens defend Riga , besieged by the Swedish army under the command of General Svenson, and come into conflict with the "fathers of the city", who are secretly going to surrender it to the enemy.
Cast
- Harald Ritenbergs - Andris (voiced by Alexander Lipov )
- Arthur Ekis - Peteris (voiced by Vladimir Kostin )
- Eduard Pavuls - Ermanis (voiced by Vladimir Karpenko )
- Lolita Tsauka - Ruta (voiced by Galina Chiginskaya )
- Olga Drege - Anna (voiced by Zhanna Sukhopolskaya )
- Baiba Indriksone - Lena (voiced by Lyubov Tishchenko )
- Karlis Sebris - Samson (voiced by Igor Efimov )
- Elsa Radzinya - Gertrude (voiced by Valentina Pugacheva )
- Sigrid Stungure - Elizabeth (voiced by Lilia Arkhipova )
- Evalds Walters - Ex
- Ingrida Andrina - Cecilia
- Janis Grantins - Rebuss
- Janis Osis - Manteuffel
- Valentins Skulme - General Swensen
- Voldemar Akuraters - Rosencrantz
- Edgar Zile - Saldern
- Egons Beseris - Captain Horn
- Hariy Avens - the executioner
Camera crew
- Script by Janis Aneraud and Alexander Leimanis
- Stage Director: Alexander Leymanis
- Chief Operator - Martins Klein
- Chief Artist - Laimdonis Grasmanis
- Composer - Raymond Pauls
- Sound engineer - Gleb Koroteev
- Directors of the picture: V. Saulitis, G. Sops
See also
- Devil's servants in a damn mill
Links
- " Servants of the Devil ” on the Internet Movie Database