Maria's Silence
Synopsis
In 1937, silent film star Maria Leiko travels to USSR upon learning of the birth of her granddaughter. But when she discovers the tragic circumstances of that event, KGB agents persuade her to remain in the country. Leiko abandons her cinema career to instead join Skatuve, the Latvian State Theatre in Moscow. Soon she discovers that she is being manipulated by the government amid its purges of political enemies. As a network of traitors, informers, and NKVD agents surround her, she must choose between family and career, and between her ideals and the lies of Stalin’s totalitarian regime.
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Top cast
Olga Šepicka
Marija Leiko
Artūrs Skrastiņš
Jekabs Peterss
Vilis Daudziņš
Osvalds Glaznieks
Inese Kučinska-Laukšteine
Anna Lacis
Ģirts Ķesteris
Leonids Zakovskis
Gļebs Beļikovs
Nikolajs Jezovs
Dace Scerbina
Mila
Zenija Skuberte-Sudmale
Nora
Mihails Karasikovs
Doctor
Gatis Maliks
Actor of the Theatre Troupe 'Skatuve'