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Maria's Silence

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.

Top Cast

  • Olga Šepicka

    Olga Šepicka

    Marija Leiko

  • Artūrs Skrastiņš

    Artūrs Skrastiņš

    Jekabs Peterss

  • Vilis Daudziņš

    Vilis Daudziņš

    Osvalds Glaznieks

  • Inese Kučinska-Laukšteine

    Inese Kučinska-Laukšteine

    Anna Lacis

  • Ģirts Ķesteris

    Ģirts Ķesteris

    Leonids Zakovskis

  • Gļebs Beļikovs

    Gļebs Beļikovs

    Nikolajs Jezovs

  • Dace Scerbina

    Dace Scerbina

    Mila

  • Zenija Skuberte-Sudmale

    Zenija Skuberte-Sudmale

    Nora

  • Mihails Karasikovs

    Mihails Karasikovs

    Doctor

Overview

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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