Causes and effects

(1956)

Genres: Adventure

Year: 1956

Runtime: 18 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Varis Krūmiņš

Cast: Alfons Kalpaks, Луйс Шмитс, Ludvigs Bārs, Дзидра Ритенберга, Astra Baumane, Alfrēds Jaunušans, Arnolds Milbrets, Emīlija Bērziņa, Олга Круминя, Карлис Себрис

Plot

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...