MARIA’S SILENCE

MARIJAS KLUSUMS

By Dāvis SĪMANIS

NATIONAL FILM CENTRE OF LATVIA - as PROMO

Drama - Completed 2024

The true story of Maria Leiko, a famous actress who struggles with fame and love during Stalin’s totalitarian regime.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - EFM 2024
Forum program (Ecumenical Jury prize)
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama, Historical, Biography
    • Countries
    • LATVIA, LITHUANIA
    • Languages
    • LATVIAN, RUSSIAN
    • Duration
    • 104 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Dāvis SĪMANIS
    • Writer(s)
    • Dāvis SĪMANIS
    • Producer(s)
    • Inese BOKA-GRŪBE (MISTRUS MEDIA), Gints GRŪBE (MISTRUS MEDIA)
    • Synopsis
    • Portraying the true story of famous actress Maria Leiko, who travels to Stalin's Russia (1937) upon the news of her newborn granddaughter. Soon after, Maria is faced with the brutality of the KGB, who threaten both her family and career, where she ultimately plays her life's most tragic role: an innocent victim destroyed as she struggles between her ideals and the murderous regime that surrounds her.