Dangerous Summer ( lv, Baiga vasara) is a 2000 Latvian film directed by

Aigars Grauba Aigars is a Latvian language, Latvian masculine given name and may refer to: *Aigars Apinis (born 1973) Latvian decathlete and Paralympic medalist *Aigars Cipruss (born 1972) Latvian ice hockey player *Aigars Fadejevs (born 1975) Latvian track and ...

starring Inese Cauna,

Uldis Dumpis Uldis is a Latvian male given name that is a variant of the German name Ulrich, which means "powerful heritage". The name may refer to: * Uldis Augulis (born 1972), Latvian politician * Uldis Bērziņš (1944–2021), Latvian writer * Uldis Bri ...

Eduards Pāvuls Eduards is a Latvian language, Latvian masculine given name, which is a cognate of the English language, English name Edward, meaning "rich guard".''Behind the Name''"Given Name Edward" Retrieved on 22 January 2016. The name may refer to: *Eduard ...

Jānis Reinis Jānis Reinis (13 December 1960 – 26 August 2016) was a Latvian actor. In the theatre, he worked for several years in Latvian National Theatre and Dailes Theatre. He also took part in several films. Filmography References External lin ...

, and

Artūrs Skrastiņš Artūrs Skrastiņš (born 18 September 1974) is a Latvian actor. In the theater, since 1996 he has worked for Dailes teātris. He also has taken part in several films. In 1998 he received the Latvian National Film Prize Lielais Kristaps Th ...

Plot

Set in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

, the capital of

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

, the film tells a tragic love story before and during the

Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 The Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 refers to the military occupation of the Republic of Latvia by the Soviet Union under the provisions of the 1939 Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact with Nazi Germany and its Secret Additional Protocol signed in A ...

and the early stages of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. Roberts (

), a radio journalist, falls in love with

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

student Isolde ( Inese Cauna), who's about to be deported to Germany. Isolde is torn between her love for Roberts and her chance at escaping for Germany with the help of Latvian foreign minister

Vilhelms Munters Gothards Vilhelms Nikolajs Munters (, 25 July 1898 in Riga – 11 January 1967, Riga) was a Latvian diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia from 1936 to 1940. He was also a member of the Council of the League o ...

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References

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* 2000 films Latvian drama films Films directed by Aigars Grauba {{Latvia-film-stub