The Devil's Servants

1970 film by Aleksandrs Leimanis

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Aleksandrs Leimanis
Jānis Anerauds

Produced by

Visvaldis Saulītis
Gunārs Sops

Starring

Lolita Cauka
Haralds Ritenbergs
Eduards Pāvuls
Olga Dreģe

CinematographyMārtiņš KleinsEdited byElza PreisaMusic byRaimonds Pauls

Production
company

Riga Film Studio

Distributed byRiga Film Studio

Release date

1970 (1970)

Running time

90 minutesCountryLatvian SSRLanguagesLatvian, Russian

The Devil's Servants (Latvian: Vella kalpi, Russian: Слуги дьявола, romanized: Slugy dyavola) is a 1970 film produced and distributed by Riga Film Studio. It was written and directed by Aleksandrs Leimanis during the time Latvia was part of the Soviet Union.^[1] In 1972, Riga Film Studio released a sequel to this film named The Devil's Servants at the Devil's Mill (Vella kalpi Vella dzirnavās).^[2]

Plot

Riga during the Polish–Swedish War (1621–1625). Swedish forces succeeded in taking the stronghold of Riga after a siege. The Commonwealth ceded Livonia north of the Daugava river, and retained only nominal control over Riga. Three young mercenaries from Courland are fighting to prevent full surrender of Riga city to the Swedish army.

Cast

Lolita Cauka as Rūta
Haralds Ritenbergs as mercenary Andris
Artūrs Ēķis as mercenary Pēteris
Eduards Pāvuls as mercenary Ērmanis
Olga Dreģe as Anna
Elza Radziņa as Ģertrūde
Ingrīda Andriņa as Cecīlija
Baiba Indriksone as Lēne
Kārlis Sebris as Luteran Pastor Samsons
Edgars Zīle as Salderns
Ēvalds Valters as Mayor of Rīga Eks
Jānis Grantiņš as Daniels Rebuss
Jānis Osis as Manteifels
Haralds Topsis as Klāvs Angers
Valentīns Skulme as Swedish General Svenson
Zigrīda Stungure as Elizabete

References

^ Anikó Imre (7 August 2012). A Companion to Eastern European Cinemas. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 205–. ISBN 978-1-118-29435-2.
^ Peter Rollberg (2008). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 435. ISBN 978-0-810-86072-8.