

In the Shadow of Death
1972-03-13 · 72 min · ★ 6.2
A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.
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- Directors
- Gunārs Piesis
- Production companies
- Rīgas kinostudija
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
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Pēteris ŠogolovsKarlen
Gunārs CilinskisBirkenbaum
Eduards PavulsGrintal
Alfreds VidenieksOld Dalda - Elderly Fisherman
Girts JakovlevsYoung Dalda
Karlis SebrisZalga
Juris PlavinsGourloum
Lūcija BaumaneOld woman Dalda
Vaironis Jakans
Roberts Zēbergs
Harijs Avens
Egons Beseris
Olga Dreģe
Astrīda Gulbe
Edgars Liepiņš
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