Springtime Frost (1955) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1955 · 83 mins · Latvian

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Directed by

Leonīds Leimanis, Pāvels Armands

Starring

Lilita Bērziņa, Alfrēds Jaunušans, Pēteris Cepurnieks, Zigrīda Stungure, Mudīte Šneidere, Žanis Kopštāls

Set at the close of the nineteenth century, maidservant Madara loves farmhand Andrs but is compelled to marry an elderly, affluent household owner. Over the years her feelings grow cold, and when Andrs returns to the area, her widowed husband dies, leaving her with a son and a tangled web of past passions and present duty.