Maria's Silence
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In 1937, silent film star Maria Leiko travels to USSR upon learning of the birth of her granddaughter. But when she discovers the tragic circumstances of that event, KGB agents persuade her to remain in the country. Leiko abandons her cinema career to instead join Skatuve, the Latvian State Theatre in Moscow. Soon she discovers that she is being manipulated by the government amid its purges of political enemies. As a network of traitors, informers, and NKVD agents surround her, she must choose between family and career, and between her ideals and the lies of Stalin’s totalitarian regime.
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12 people
Olga Šepicka
Marija Leiko
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Artūrs Skrastiņš
Jekabs Peterss
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Vilis Daudziņš
Osvalds Glaznieks
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Inese Kučinska-Laukšteine
Anna Lacis
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Ģirts Ķesteris
Leonids Zakovskis
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Gļebs Beļikovs
Nikolajs Jezovs
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Mila
No other roles listed
Zenija Skuberte-Sudmale
Nora
No other roles listed
Mihails Karasikovs
Doctor
Known for
The Man Who Saved the World
Gatis Maliks
Actor of the Theatre Troupe 'Skatuve'
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Elizabete Marija Brante
Actor of the Theatre Troupe 'Skatuve'
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Emīls Dreiblats
Actor of the Theatre Troupe 'Skatuve'
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Dāvis Sīmanis Jr. Director · Tabita Rudzāte Writer Magali Negroni Writer
United States release November 9, 2024 · Produced in Latvia, Lithuania · Languages German, Latvian, Russian
Production
Mistrus Media
Production
Broom Films
Production
Latvia · Lithuania
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Marijas klusums
Original language
Latvian
Spoken on screen
German · Latvian · Russian
Release dates
Germany · February 18, 2024
Premiere · Berlinale 2024
Latvia · April 4, 2024
Theatrical
United States · November 9, 2024
Premiere · New York Baltic Film Festival
United States
March 2, 2025 · Premiere · Boston Baltic Film Festival
France
November 10, 2024 · Premiere · Arras Film Festival
Germany
November 7, 2024 · Premiere · Nordic Film Days Lübeck
Latvia
November 11, 2024 · Digital · LMT Viedtelevīzija
Slovakia
June 24, 2024 · Premiere · IFF Art Film Fest
Sweden
November 27, 2024 · Premiere · Baltic Sea Film Festival
Ukraine
June 19, 2024 · Premiere · Mykolaichuk OPEN
July 14, 2024 · Premiere · Odesa International Film Festival
United Kingdom
November 8, 2025 · Premiere · London Baltic Film Festival
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