A Latvian fairy-tale film based on Anna Brigadere’s classic play. It follows two stepsisters: gentle, hardworking Maija and spoiled, idle Paija whose trials in the underworld reveal their true natures, with rewards and consequences to match.
Elīna Siliņa
Maija
Ieva Sāviča
Paija
Lilita Ozoliņa
Pate
German Tikhonov
Varis
Elza Radziņa
Laima
Inga Aizbalte
Laima
Elita Krastiņa
Uldis Pūcītis
Antra Liedskalniņa
A Latvian fairy-tale film based on Anna Brigadere’s classic play. It follows two stepsisters: gentle, hardworking Maija and spoiled, idle Paija whose trials in the underworld reveal their true natures, with rewards and consequences to match.
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