This screen adaptation of Andrejs Upītis' novella marks the debut in Latvian cinema of two of the first graduates of the Moscow Film Institute - director Varis Krūmiņš and cinematographer Māris Rudzītis. An egg comes out of a shopping bag and breaks in the street, triggering a chain of events that entangles the accountant Krastiņš, his fiancée Ada, a minister, a poet, a critic, a minister and other members of the highest circles...
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Alfons Kalpaks
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Varis Krūmiņš Director · Osvald Kublanov Writer Andrejs Upīts Author
First release September 10, 1956 · Produced in Russia · Original title Cēloņi un sekas
Production
Rīgas kinostudija
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Russia
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Original title
Cēloņi un sekas
Original language
Latvian
Spoken on screen
Latvian
Release dates
Russia · September 10, 1956
Limited theatrical · Latvian · Rigas, Latvian SSR, USSR
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Russia
January 14, 1957 · Theatrical · Russian · USSR
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