In 1850, Baron Vulfs, who had arrived from Germany, named the farmhouses on his Gaujiena estate after world capitals. In 2002, the people of Gaujiena opened their European center in the baron's castle garden. A film about everyday life and celebrations in the Latvian countryside.

In 1850, Baron Vulfs, who had arrived from Germany, named the farmhouses on his Gaujiena estate after world capitals. In 2002, the people of Gaujiena opened their European center in the baron's castle garden. A film about everyday life and celebrations in the Latvian countryside.

In 1850, Baron Vulfs, who had arrived from Germany, named the farmhouses on his Gaujiena estate after world capitals. In 2002, the people of Gaujiena opened their European center in the baron's castle garden. A film about everyday life and celebrations in the Latvian countryside.

Gerhart Ramm is a simple minded farmer's son with much an interest what life means downtown. When he tries to spend the night in Hamburg, he gets no attention at first. But there is Chantalle who is kind of amused by Gerhart's behaviour.

The creative documentary Piano Player is a story about the piano player and musician Oscar Strock, who was a well known tango music composer in 1920s Europe. Nobody knew him – only his music was well known. The life of Strock is like a side-show of everlasting debts, long voyages and wild and unlucky love affairs that find their best interpretation through his tango music. The piano player is a man, who barely arranges his life according to the political and economic circumstances in the world. To earn money, he plays for pubs and cinema theatres in Riga, Berlin and Paris, and for lovers, he writes the most romantic tango music.

The fading romance of the era of train travel is portrayed in the faces of railway workers, at lonely stations where trains no longer stop, on empty tracks where trains no longer run.

The fading romance of the era of train travel is portrayed in the faces of railway workers, at lonely stations where trains no longer stop, on empty tracks where trains no longer run.

Documentary feature about the famous Latvian poet and translator Uldis Bērziņš. The film tells about the everyday life of the poet, his work, his imprisoned son, his family and his best friend, a KGB agent. Includes excerpts of the newest poetry book of the poet, “Idylls“.

Documentary feature about the famous Latvian poet and translator Uldis Bērziņš. The film tells about the everyday life of the poet, his work, his imprisoned son, his family and his best friend, a KGB agent. Includes excerpts of the newest poetry book of the poet, “Idylls“.