Movie: In the Shadow of Death

Top 10 Billed Cast

Pēteris Šogolovs
Pēteris Šogolovs

Karlen

Gunārs Cilinskis
Gunārs Cilinskis

Birkenbaum

Eduards Pavuls
Eduards Pavuls

Grintal

Alfreds Videnieks
Alfreds Videnieks

Old Dalda - Elderly Fisherman

Girts Jakovlevs
Ģirts Jakovļevs

Young Dalda

Karlis Sebris
Karlis Sebris

Zalga

Juris Plavins
Juris Pļaviņš

Gourloum

Lūcija Baumane
Lūcija Baumane

Old woman Dalda

Vaironis Jakans
Vaironis Jakāns

Roberts Zēbergs
Roberts Zēbergs

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    A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.

  • Release Date

    1972-03-13

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    5.5

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    2.8 starts
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