''Dream Team 1935'' ( lv, Sapņu komanda 1935) is a 2012 Latvian

biographical A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or ...

sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, th ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Aigars Grauba Aigars is a 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 field athlete an ...

about the

Latvia national basketball team The Latvia men's national basketball team ( lv, Latvijas basketbola izlase) represents Latvia in international basketball. They are organized and run by the Latvian Basketball Association. Latvia has reached the European Basketball Championshi ...

which won

EuroBasket 1935 The 1935 FIBA European Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 1935, was the first FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA, as well as a test event preceding the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Summer Olym ...

, the first FIBA European basketball championship.

Plot

The first European Championship in basketball is about to take place in Geneva. The event is organized by

FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its na ...

, the newly established international basketball organization and European national teams are going to play each other for the first time. Each wants the honor of being the first European champion. Meanwhile, in

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 ...

, coach

Valdemārs Baumanis Valdemārs Kristaps Baumanis (19 April 1905 – 24 April 1992) was a Latvian basketball player, basketball and football coach. He was head coach of Latvia national basketball team in EuroBasket 1935 and EuroBasket 1939. In 1935, Latvia won the ...

is convinced that he can gather the team and get them take it to Geneva. However, on his journey he quickly learns that triumph and defeat are all part of the game. Baumanis encounters many difficulties, as well as unexpected help from those closest to him. Against all odds, Baumanis's determination to persist and win is rewarded when the unknown team from Latvia ends up defeating the favored competitors.

Cast

* Jānis Āmanis as

* Inga Alsiņa as Elvīra Baumane *

Vilis Daudziņš Vilis Daudziņš (born 7 November 1970) is a Latvian actor. In the theatre, he has appeared in several plays of Alvis Hermanis Alvis Hermanis is a Latvian theatre director, set designer and actor. Since 1997 he has worked at the New Riga T ...

as Coach Dekšenieks * Pēteris Gaudiņš as the Sport Committee chairman * Intars Rešetins as the bureaucrat * Mārcis Maņjakovs as

Rūdolfs Jurciņš Rūdolfs Jurciņš (19 June 1909 – 22 July 1948) was a Latvian basketball player. He played as a Center (basketball), center. Career Jurciņš won a gold medal at the EuroBasket 1935, 1935 EuroBasket competition, becoming first European champi ...

* Gints Andžāns as Andrejs Krisons * Andris Bulis as Džems Raudziņš * Viktors Ellers as Aleksejs Anufrijevs * Artūrs Krūzkops as Herberts Gubiņš * Mārtiņš Liepa as Mārtiņš Grundmanis * Mārtiņš Počs as Visvaldis Melderis * Jānis Vimba as Jānis Lidmanis * Artūrs Putniņš as Eduards Andersons * Miķelis Žideļūns as Edgars Rūja

Production Location

''Dream Team 1935'' was shot in Latvia and

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

. The film's production took about two and a half years and included 80 shooting days. The studio backlot Cinevilla was used for many of the shoots. Cinevilla covers about 80 ha and is the largest studio backlot on Northern Europe. Sound editing for the film was done in the Czech Republic.

Other

''Dream Team 1935'' was first shown to the public in Latvia on November 19, 2012. In early 2013 ''Dream Team 1935'' premiered as the international English language version of the film.

References

External links

*
Official website
2012 films Latvian comedy films Basketball films Films directed by Aigars Grauba Latvian drama films {{Latvia-film-stub