The Chronicles of Melanie
2016 · Movie · 124 min · ★ 5.8
Based on the true story of Melanija Vanaga, this film is a brutally realistic and terrifying account of the mass deportation of residents of Soviet-occupied Latvia that took place in June 1941. At the outset, Melanie and her husband are arrested and forcibly separated at gunpoint and loaded into cattle cars. Melanie spends 16 years in a Siberian prison camp before learning of her husband's fate.
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Details
- Original title
- Melānijas hronika
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-11-01
- Language
- LV
- Runtime
- 124 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (9 votes)
Themes
- deportation
- soviet union
- siberia
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2018 · nominated
Cast & crew
Sabine Timoteo
as Melanie
Ivars Krasts
as Aleksandrs
- GZ
Guna Zariņa
as Katrina
Maija Doveika
as Vilma
Erwin Leder
as Jakob
Baiba Broka
as Anna
Astrīda Kairiša
as Melanie's mother
Lilita Ozoliņa
as deported woman
Viktor Nemets
as Ampalovs
Edvīns Mekšs
as Andrejs
Directed by Viesturs Kairišs