''The Devil's Servants'' ( lv, Vella kalpi, russian: Слуги дьявола, Slugy dyavola) is a 1970 film produced and distributed by

Riga Film Studio Riga Film Studio ( lv, Rīgas kinostudija, russian: Рижская киностудия, Rizhskaya kinostudiya) is a Latvian film production company based in Riga and founded in 1940 on the basis of the earlier private film companies. In 1948, th ...

. It was written and directed by

Aleksandrs Leimanis Aleksandrs Leimanis (17 October 1913, in the village Gabrilovo, Smolensk Governorate – 17 June 1990 in Riga) was a Latvian film director. His film work spanned the Soviet period, during which he directed over 15 films, including the cult class ...

during the time

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 ...

was part of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. In 1972,

released a sequel to this film named ''

The Devil's Servants at the Devil's Mill ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

'' (''Vella kalpi Vella dzirnavās'').

Cast

* Lolita Cauka as Rūta * Haralds Ritenbergs as Andris * Eduards Pāvuls as Ērmanis * Olga Dreģe as Anna *

Elza Radziņa Elza Radziņa (1917, Kharkiv, Russian Empire — 2005, Riga, Latvia) was a Soviet Latvian theater and cinema actress, and a master of the spoken word (reader). She received People's Artist of the USSR award in 1976 and the Order of the Three Star ...

as Ģertrūde *

Ingrīda Andriņa Ingrīda Andriņa (23 June 1944 – 17 September 2015) was a Latvian stage and film actress. Biography Born in Riga, Andriņa graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow in 1967 and began working at the Latvian Nat ...

as Cecīlija * Baiba Indriksone as Lēne * Kārlis Sebris as Samsons * Edgars Zīle as Salderns * Ēvalds Valters as Mayor Eks * Jānis Grantiņš as Daniels Rebuss * Jānis Osis as Manteifels * Haralds Topsis as Klāvs Angers * Valentīns Skulme as General Svenson * Zigrīda Stungure as Elizabete

References

External links

* Latvian comedy films Soviet comedy films 1970 films Riga Film Studio films {{1970s-USSR-film-stub