Early Rust (Latvian: Agrā rūsa) is a Soviet feature film directed by Gunārs Cilinskis. Based on the novel by Elina Zalite, written in 1944.[2]

Early Rust
Latvian: Agrā rūsa
Directed byGunārs Cilinskis
Written byLija Brīdaka
Produced byVictors Riepsha
StarringRimante Krilaviciute
Olgerts Dunkers
Ivars Kalnins
CinematographyGvido Skulte
Edited bySigrid Geystarte
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Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
98 min.[1]
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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Latvia, early 1930s. Poor rural girl Elsa comes to Riga in search of work, but she never manages to find something to do. Unexpectedly, she receives an offer from a wealthy entrepreneur, the aging manufacturer Kikulis. There is hope for a new, prosperous life, but marriage becomes a burdensome duty to be close to a stranger. Soon Elsa falls in love with a stranger who turns out to be the son of Kikulis Italo. However, instead of the desired happiness, she ends up in the dock, accused of murdering her husband.

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Production

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Filmed in Cēsis, near Zvārte rock, but filmed abroad in Prague.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ранняя ржавчина (1979)". КиноПоиск (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ "Agrā rūsa". Latvian National Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  3. ^ "Latvijas kultūrvides takas". letonika.lv. Retrieved 2024-05-15. (in Latvian)
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