In 1802, growing anger among Latvian peasants erupts after changes in taxation, placing an even heavier burden on the peasant population. After a series of meetings, the peasants resolve to use force to free those already arrested. Thousands armed with clubs and scythes rise up, but are driven back by troops and retreat into a nearby forest. As reinforcements arrive, mass arrests and brutal reprisals follow, and the courts sentence some of the rebels to lifelong exile in Siberia.
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Voldemārs Pūce Director · Kārlis Zariņš Author Valdemārs Upītis Cinematographer
First release May 1, 1941 · Produced in Russia
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Soyuzdetfilm
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Russia
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Latvian
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Latvian
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Russia · May 1, 1941
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Latvia
November 26, 1941
Russia
May 1, 1941 · Theatrical · USSR
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