The true story of "Latvia's Schindlers" - This award-winning Latvian feature film offers a gripping account of Žanis Lipke, a blue-collar worker honoured as one of the 'Righteous Among the Nations' for his heroic deeds during the war. Despite his family’s hardship under successive Soviet and German occupations, Lipke embarked on a covert operation to save local Jews from Nazi persecution and certain death, moving them from the Riga ghetto to an underground bunker hidden on his property. From the start, Filmmaker Davis Simanis creates a powerfully ominous and suspenseful atmosphere, positioning the viewer, like Lipke, as a reluctant eyewitness to unfolding horrors.
Sponsored By Barbara & Steve Forman and Donna & Stuart Ganslaw
- Year2018
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageLatvian, German, Yiddush with English Subtitles
- CountryLatvia
- PremiereBoca Raton / Delray Beach
- NoteAwards: Winner – Latvian National FF, Moscow Intl. FF
- DirectorDavis Simanis Jr.
- ScreenwriterDavis Simanis Jr.
- CastArturs Skrastins, Lauma Balode, Dainis Grube
The true story of "Latvia's Schindlers" - This award-winning Latvian feature film offers a gripping account of Žanis Lipke, a blue-collar worker honoured as one of the 'Righteous Among the Nations' for his heroic deeds during the war. Despite his family’s hardship under successive Soviet and German occupations, Lipke embarked on a covert operation to save local Jews from Nazi persecution and certain death, moving them from the Riga ghetto to an underground bunker hidden on his property. From the start, Filmmaker Davis Simanis creates a powerfully ominous and suspenseful atmosphere, positioning the viewer, like Lipke, as a reluctant eyewitness to unfolding horrors.
Sponsored By Barbara & Steve Forman and Donna & Stuart Ganslaw
- Year2018
- Runtime90 minutes
- LanguageLatvian, German, Yiddush with English Subtitles
- CountryLatvia
- PremiereBoca Raton / Delray Beach
- NoteAwards: Winner – Latvian National FF, Moscow Intl. FF
- DirectorDavis Simanis Jr.
- ScreenwriterDavis Simanis Jr.
- CastArturs Skrastins, Lauma Balode, Dainis Grube