Herz Frank Movies

At the beginning of the 1960s, when the French pioneers of cinéma vérité set out to achieve a new realism, and when direct...

The main characters of the film have made choices, which change their lives forever. A young man Yigal Amir assassinates the Prime Minister of Israel...

A psychological portrait of kolkhos chairman Edgar Kaulin, who saved many Latvian farmers from deportations by the Soviets in the period 1945-53, and...

The story of love, trust, and compassion for one another.

The creation of Sergeij Eisenstein's wooden sculpture by Igor Vasiliers.

One family, one band. They seemed to be happy. A movie that investigates why these seemingly optimistic musicians suddenly saw no hope to continue...

The film captures those sacred moments when a person converses with God, feels their connection to the universe, and their soul is open to the good,...

In 1968 Herz Frank made Without Legends (Bez leģendām) at the Kuibishev studios, together with Aloizs Brenčs and Aleksandr Sazhin. The...

An autobiographical work from Herz Frank. Images guide us through the countries in which he worked, interspersed with fragments from his earlier...

A poetic film about theatre being played to workers of a factory during their lunchbreak.

“Like the right and left hand Your soul is close to my soul We are sealed shut, blissfully and warmly, Like the right and left...

On the islet of Procida near Naples, Italy, the Mystery Procession commencing at dawn on Good Friday of each year, has been traditionally conducted...

Reflections on human’s relationship with horses throughout the ages and their depiction in art are shown in parallel to the draft horse...

In the evening newspaper "Rīgas Balss," reports by Hercs Franks often appeared, consisting of eight photographs, one on each page. From these, a...

In the 1966 the population of the Soviet Union was estimated at 235 million. A group of Latvian filmmakers traveled the length and breadth of the...

In this ten-minute documentary experiment, director Herz Frank films a group of children watching a puppet show, keeping the camera fixed on their...

The film is about a rabbi who spends his days and nights at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Soviet Union's routine explained through the life of common people.

Philosophic reportage about work of pathoanatomist. Documentary version of Rembrandt’s «Anatomy Lesson».

A documentary about the role of a victim in crime.