Rolands Kalniņš

Rolands Kalniņš

Known for

Directing

Born

May 9, 1922

Birthplace

Latvian Republic

Died

May 17, 2022 (aged 100)

Biography

Rolands Kalniņš (1922-2022) was a Latvian film director. The last and only Latvian cinema aristocrat. Kalniņš possesses an intelligence of the soul. His films are smart, and the passage of time becomes them; forming new contexts reveals previously unread levels of content and subtext.

Best known work

Four White Shirts
Four White Shirts
1967
The Child of Man
The Child of Man
1992
Rock and Splinters
Rock and Splinters
1967
The Times of the Surveyors
The Times of the Surveyors
1968
Ceplis
Ceplis
1972
Conversation with a Queen
Conversation with a Queen
1980
Storm
Storm
1961
Three Days of Reflection
Three Days of Reflection
1982
If We Live Through All This
If We Live Through All This
1987
Following the Swan Flock of Clouds
Following the Swan Flock of Clouds
1957

Filmography

  1. 2022

    One Hundred Years Older

    as Self

  2. 2020

  3. 2013

  4. 2007

    Bitter Wine

    Director

  5. 2006

  6. 1999

    Eternal Faust

    Director, Producer

  7. 1992

  8. 1989

    TapersTV

    Director

  9. 1987

  10. 1985

  11. 1983

    Rocky Road

    Director

  12. 1982

  13. 1980

  14. 1978

  15. 1975

    Four Springs

    Director

  16. 1974

  17. 1972

    Ceplis

    Director

  18. 1970

  19. 1969

  20. 1968

    The Times of the Surveyors

    Second Assistant Director

  21. 1967

  22. 1967

  23. 1963

  24. 1962

    Atmaksa

    Director

  25. 1961

    Storm

    Director

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