A story about Emīlija Benjamiņa, the “queen of the press” in interwar Latvia, whose wealth and tragic fate have since become folklore. The film’s narrative covers the period from the beginnings of Emīlija’s magazine Atpūta (Recreation), to her arrest and slow demise in a train en route to Siberia. The most prominent clairvoyant of the time - Eugene Fink’s prophecy that Emīlija would die from starvation in a foreign land (which served to be true) weaves through the narrative as a red thread. With this strong woman at the centre of the story, the film shows Latvian society in all its richness and gives the audience the opportunity to meet many well-known historical figures.
as Emīlija Benjamiņa
as Antons Benjamiņš
as Jānis Benjamiņš
as Berta Āboliņa
as Jānis Kārkliņš
as Kārlis Skalbe
as Ernests Brusubārda
as Pēteris Blaus
as Jūlijs Lācis
as Vilis Lācis
as Juris Georgs Benjamiņš
as Ede Simsone
as Minna Tusnelda Simsone
