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Development - ENGLISH - Epic, Historical, Drama

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2014 (Debut)
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Year of production : 2015

Director(s) : Aigars GRAUBA
Writer(s) : Aigars GRAUBA
Producer(s) : Andrejs EKIS (Platforma Film), Kristians ALHIMIONOKS (Platforma Film)

Synopsis

Northern Europe. 13th century. Last pagan settlement near the Baltic Sea. Christianity has already spread across all the Viking lands. But only in Semigallia do the people still worship the pagan Gods. The evil and cynical warrior crusader Max von Buxhoveden is trying to destroy the pagan beliefs of the peo-ple by spreading lies and fostering dissent. The last free pa-gan lands old king is on his deathbed and without an heir who can take his place. Max wants to take over the throne and reign over old king’s tribe. The noblemen of Semigallia also long after the throne and fight against Max as well as one an-other. Unexpectedly, with his dying breath the King passes on his magical rulers ring to his nephew Namejs. Namejs was raised amongst pagan priests and studied ancient wisdoms, rituals and secret practices. Now Namejs has to put to work the knowledge he has acquired to fight for his tribe and to defend his peo-ple against Max and other power seekers. Will he be able to unravel the secret of the Ring and gain its power?

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Country(ies) : LATVIA


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