
Zigrīda Stungure
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m ⢠as Madara
The end of nineteenth century. Maidservant Madara is in love with farmhand Andrs, yet she marries a rich and old household owner. As time passes, her heart hardens and things get complicated when Andrs returns to the neighborhood and Madara's husband dies leaving her widowed with a son.

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m ⢠as KalnkÄjas kundze
Riga, the 1930s. Oļģerts Kurmis, an educated unemployed, does all kinds of odd jobs. Together with his friend, vagrant FrÄ«dis, they sometimes work for Mr. KalnkÄja who dreams of becoming a member of parliament. Kurmis feels responsible for his neighbour Emma, the young woman has just served a prison sentence for petty theft. He helps her to get a maid's position in the KalnkÄja household. While helping Kurmis and FrÄ«dis with KalnkÄja's election posters, Emma is arrested again, this time for a "political offence".

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m ⢠as Cernieks's wife
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m ⢠as Marija
After becoming a teacher, Janis Lazdan returns to his native village in Latgale. In Novie Gudani, he sees black cassocks everywhere. Nuns sit at the bedside of his sick mother. The girl he loves, Lienite, is dressed in the black habit of a novice. Anton, Janis' childhood friend, has become a priest. A struggle begins between Janis and Anton, a subtle psychologist, over Andris, a sickly boy who is extremely impressionable and gifted. Janis understands that the power of the church lies in the indifference of non-believers. He believes in his own strength and love for his loved ones.

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m ⢠Main Cast Role
The first film in a duology based on the biography of Latvian revolutionary JÄnis Fabricius. MÄrtiÅÅ” Venta, the son of a forest ranger, enrolls in a Riga gymnasium and becomes an underground activist, while his classmate, Dace, a teacher's daughter, is expelled from the Riga school for singing the revolutionary song KÄ gulbji balti padebeÅ”i iet. Dace becomes an actress, but MÄrtiÅÅ” is drafted into the tsar's army. He refuses to participate in the shooting of a workers' demonstration and is sentenced to exile, but before his deportation, MÄrtiÅÅ” is allowed to marry Dace in prison.

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m ⢠Main Cast Role
A story of a Latvian rifleman between two revolutions.

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m ⢠as Elizabet
In 17th-century Latvia, as Swedish and Polish armies march across the war-torn land, the corrupt councillors of Riga stand ready to hand over the cityās keys to whichever foreign power pays the highest price. But three jolly friends ā Andris, PÄteris, and Ärmanis ā together with their female companions RÅ«ta, Anna, and LÄne, refuse to surrender without a fight. Rallying the people of Riga, they rise in a courageous struggle for freedom of their city.