Aloiz Brench
Directing · Director · Writer
Born Jun 6, 1929 · Riga, Latvian Republic
Active 1960–1998 · Awards: USSR State Prize, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Honored Art Worker of the Latvian SSR
The director who started the detective and thriller genre in Latvian cinema made his finest movies in the 1970s. In his work Brenčs accentuated the psychological motivation of the criminals and the causality of events.
Filmography
When Rain and Wind Hit Against Your Window (1967) — DirectorMirage (1983) — DirectorThe Triple Control (1970) — DirectorLong Road in the Dunes (1982) — DirectorLight at the End of the Tunnel (1974) — DirectorAutumn Is Still Far Away (1966) — DirectorThe City Under the Limes (1971) — DirectorDouble Trap (1986) — DirectorTo Be Unwanted (1977) — DirectorLong Road in the Dunes (1982) — DirectorRomance, Russian Style (1994) — Director24-25 Doesn't Come Back (1969) — DirectorZītaru dzimta (1990) — DirectorKeys to Paradise (1976) — DirectorRally (1978) — DirectorCheckmate to the Queen of Diamonds (1973) — DirectorDepression (1991) — DirectorYou and Me (1963) — DirectorGifts over the Phone (1978) — DirectorThe Zitar Family (1990) — DirectorDuplets (1992) — DirectorAnna (1996) — Writer · DirectorThe Large Amber (1972) — Director · WriterMy Riga (1960) — Director