Aloiz Brench

Anna

The film tells of faithful devotion to spiritual ideals. It is based on Riga St. Anna Stocken's Life Story of the Cistercian Monastery of Mary Magdalene.

Anna

The film tells of faithful devotion to spiritual ideals. It is based on Riga St. Anna Stocken's Life Story of the Cistercian Monastery of Mary Magdalene.

Duplets

Ecological criminal intrigue during the international billiard tournament in Riga.

Depression

A crime story which take action in Riga Sea Port.

The Zitars

Tragedy of the Zitars family based on the novel by Vilis Lacis.

Double Trap

A police is trying to fight the criminal organization responsible for the illegal export of arts abroad. He pretends to be a criminal to enter and destroy their gang.

Gifts over the Phone

After the train conductor Pētersons receives money transfer from an unknown source, he suspects foul play involving the cargo he's transporting. He decides to do his own investigation into the matter, not realizing that he's putting himself and those around him in danger.

Rally

During an international rally two contestants find a hidden painting in the door of their car. In order to not get removed from the track riders do not report to their team management.

To Be Unwanted

Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to persuade Voldis to forget the past and move on. But when the crime boss Teksis proposes a plan to rob a jewelry store, Voldis agrees, thinking this will be his last crime before starting a new life. Marking the pinnacle of its director's filmography, To Be Unwanted is a psychological drama that centers not on a single crime or its investigation but on the emotional collapse of the criminal as he realizes that his amoral lifestyle has rendered him redundant within society.

Keys to Paradise

Successful work and life of a brave militia captain who does not know much about human psychology.

Light at the End of the Tunnel

A load of gold is stolen. Detectives make criminals play by their rules.

Checkmate to the Queen of Diamonds

A detective and a militia captain are working together investigating a murder. When their job is done, the feelings do not let them say goodbye.

The Large Amber

A band arrives late at the competition. They try to find the jury and show their performance.

The Large Amber

A band arrives late at the competition. They try to find the jury and show their performance.

The Triple Control

A Soviet officer serves as a counterspy amidst enemies.

24-25 Doesn't Come Back

In the experimental clinic, a batch of valuable drug was stolen. Major Grigast suspects that someone from the clinic is involved in this. He entrusts this complex matter to a young investigator Mara. An investigation leads her to a distant border town in the south of the country, where the offender intended to ship the drug abroad.

When Rain and Wind Hit Against Your Window

The Second World War has just ended, but national partisans are still hiding in Latvia's forests and fighting against the Soviet regime. Ansis Leinasars, who has been tasked to spark a coup in Latvia, arrives by night from across the sea, but his work is hampered at every step. His last hope is a meeting with the partisans in a church...

Without Legends

In 1968 Herz Frank made Without Legends (Bez leģendām) at the Kuibishev studios, together with Aloizs Brenčs and Aleksandr Sazhin.

Autumn is Still Far Away

A young girl is puzzled when she has to choose a husband. She cannot decide whether to marry her childhood friend or a recently met nouveau riche.

My Riga

A Soviet propaganda short about Riga and the people of Riga in their twenties.