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Latvia entered World War II with its own dictator,

whose signature color it was green.

At the time, the country was occupied by the Soviet Union

and then by Nazi Germany.

Green has been replaced red fur

and then by black.

Ansis!

So, are you back?

May I browse?

Your father is waiting for you.

THE DREAM PAINTER

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I'm happy to be back, dad.

PHARMACY

SOLOMON BERNSTEIN HARDWARE

Who will sweep those tire marks?

"FREE LOVE", ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI

Do not drop the brush.

It is very hot. I'm going to swim in the lake.

Let's finish this.

This job it will never end.

Don't play with Jews. They killed Jesus.

Did your father let you come?

He won't let us get married as long as you live.

-He said that? -Yes.

He also said that Jews cook the blood of Christian children on Matzah.

He doesn't know anything.

Apparently you are very immature for things like that.

Tomorrow? On the lake?

Will your father let you go?

I'm not a pussy. He can't keep me on a leash.

Sissy boy.

If Zisele wants to convert to our faith,

the church cannot object.

His father won't allow it.

Yes, Jews are like that.

His father would allow for you to abandon your faith?

Christ was also a Jew.

Zisele is a daughter of a rich merchant.

It's better to forget her.

Little ones from the orphanage!

-Candies for you. -Thank you, Father.

Tasty.

Joske, Roza. Come here!

-Let's go. It's hurting me. -Then?

-Do you want to convert to our faith? -I want.

-Do you want me to baptize you? -Yes.

They are good children.

-Here, some chocolates. -Thanks!

What should we do now?

For now, nothing. Let them learn about our faith.

Then we'll see what to do. When they are older.

A long time ago, she promised that I would repaint Christ for me.

-I have a lot of work. -No problem.

1934 TO 1940, LATVIAN DICTATORSHIP UNDER KARLIS ULMANIS

'GREEN IS THE COLOR OF UNION!"

Go to work and remember of what the leader of the nation said,

now the color green leads!

MAYOR

Let's go!

Let's go. Be careful, don't break it.

Maybe God sent him for us.

Put here.

All plates should be in Latvian. As in Riga.

THE WHITE SWAN

-Where is the Master? -A suture in the chest.

Again. The mayor appointed me the new captain.

Since I'm a member of the Defenders Organization.

The old man was very red.

Should we paint in green now?

Have you ever seen a green swan?

An ugly duckling instead of a swan?

-You have to trim before turning. -No, just spin.

You're making fun of the new order?

Ansis!

Look, his tweety is cut!

She is still a child. She does not understand.

Does not hurt?

Not when she's a baby. The rabbi does it in a synagogue.

My father also knows how to do it. With a special knife.

I wouldn't like that.

Hello.

How are you?

All good.

Great. Her father asked to buy paint?

Yes.

-Does he need green? -Green?

I need much more.

Tsilya! Close the door from Zisele's room.

Ansis and I have to deal of business.

That is enough?

I also need oils to paint,

please. I pay.

To paint?

It's a beautiful art.

You need to study a lot.

-Well, you know how to draw. -I won't be a sign painter forever.

I want to do more.

That's good, son.

I won't accept your money for these oils.

Just promise me you won't put it your hopes in my Zisele.

She has a fiancé in Prague.

She should be ashamed!

Selling Zisele like a can of paint.

Get out of my store!

I don't want to see you again! And forget my Zisele!

THE UNION HOUSE

Naiga, hold on!

Give me a brush.

Father!

Ansis?

You have a fiancé in Prague!

My father has it. I am not.

Let them get married.

He can't force me.

-Speaks like a communist. -They have good ideas.

About free love?

Here it is. Read.

But give it back to me.

If anyone sees, say you found it on the street.

What is that?

A skirt?

-My brush fell on it. -Your brush?

Tell this story for someone else!

Zisele!

"Your place is in the Youth League of Communists"

-A viper! It almost stung me! -There are no snakes here.

See?

And now?

Like this?

Herb tea!

God gave the right to life to all creatures.

The viper means more for you than me?

Is afraid?

Mushrooms?

My father likes it a lot.

You can take it.

Our!

All for me?

Are my legs pretty?

They are.

Are your?

Should study at the Academy of Art.

My father

I do not have money.

Can I keep this one?

It's my best work.

So, what do you think? Like the idea?

Hello Ansis!

Why are you here?

Teaching German.

Will you be an Enlightener?

Like Herder, right?

In Germany you couldn't be seen with a Jew.

-Are you leaving too? -If Hitler wants, we'll do it.

He's just a painter like me! A sign painter.

He is our Hitler. The leader.

We are national comrades, one nation.

Before Hitler, they were a nation with us.

Bon voyage.

Naiga.

-Hello! -Zisele.

Ansis!

The sissy also speaks German.

Let's go!

The water is great! Come!

Take off your clothes.

Let's go for a swim.

Zisele!

Zisele!

Zisele!

-What do you want? -Hello.

-Is Zisele here? -No. Get out of here.

-Andreas is here... Dad? -Let's go!

-Father! -Go to bed!

She can't leave. Is sick.

Lie! All Jews they are liars.

-Go back to your homeland! -My homeland is here.

Go to your damn leader!

Forget my Zisele forever!

You'll never see her again!

Are you painting for her?

I gave one of my paintings for her.

-She never gave me one. -Can I give you.

Too late.

Is it true that Jewish girls invented free love?

-As you know? -I saw it in the newspaper.

We also defend atheism

and we are demanding the right to abort.

Come here.

Pigs.

-Father! -Yes.

-I brought Ansis. -The young painter!

-I'm a pharmacist, not a priest. -Sorry.

Kissed the hand from a pharmacist?

And what about his lips now?

It has a bad smell.

That's better.

But they still stink. Me too.

Dad's medicine smells bad.

Will it come soon?

Yes, if you rub my back!

Stronger.

Zisele!

I brought you a painting.

Zisele? Could you be my model?

Listen, Rua da Liberdade is no longer a good name.

Now it will be Rua da União.

-I just painted. -Yes.

What is the difference?

Don't worry. We pay you by the hour.

Wouldn't it be better to wait a little?

"Rua União" case also not good.

You and your big mouth!

Hold your tongue and get to work.

Come on, let's go.

Zisele, look!

The water is good! Come swim!

You still smell like medicine.

Father!

I just kissed Ansis.

-And why did he deserve it? -You're going to help me with my school homework.

True?

Just don't write in Latgalian.

-Now it is prohibited. -Yes.

It's a beautiful language.

Our leader says: "We are one nation."

"We have only one language and just one homeland."

UNION STREET

Unity, uniformity,

unity.

Words

and more words.

How's the painting going? Do you have enough ink?

I do, but I don't have time.

-My hand hurts from painting plates so much. -Don't give up painting.

You must learn a lot and work hard.

Paint nature and live models.

Where would I find a model?

In the bath house.

Nowadays, all the beautiful models

are going to Riga.

-Zisele is there too. -It is?

She left.

He left a note saying he went to study at the Institute for Teachers.

Good,

until later.

How much should you see of your model?

Face, shoulders, everything.

Like in the bathroom.

Take it all off.

Close the curtains.

People are unnecessarily shy in the province.

For them, showing your naked body is a sin.

Did Zisele show you hers?

Zisele is gone.

How much will you pay me?

50 santins per hour.

I can not do this for so little.

-My plan was not to pay anything. -Why not?

Think, the money would practically stay in the family.

Why would you give your money to a stranger?

All good. You will pay me 75 santins.

Leave me alone.

1940 TO 1941, SOVIET OCCUPATION "RED FOREVER"

Ansis, do you have red paint?

-No. -Run to Bernstein and buy it.

Left. One two three.

-Welcome. -Left. One two three.

As our leader says,

stay in your place and I will stay in mine.

-Boy, where is the bathroom? -Under the stairs.

DO NOT SPIT ON THE GROUND

Who are you?

The sign painter. Didn't you notice?

-Did the Mayor order it? -I wouldn't do it on my own.

Paint it red on top of the green?

It's not a bad idea.

But he didn't save him.

Paint more signs,

"Bathroom under the stairs."

Otherwise, someone could get hurt.

I'm Comrade Klopcitis and this is the 1st order of the new leadership.

STALIN STREET

A brush is a good thing.

-At least it's a harmless tool. -Zisele!

I'm not Zisele for you, Comrade Bernstein.

Will it be our teacher?

I have other duties.

He is not with the Defenders?

-You're not with the Defenders, are you? -No.

It is not.

Good for you.

Are you still with Naiga?

Mr. Bernstein banned me to think about you.

-What an obedient boy. -Zisele, let's go!

Attached by a collar.

Jezups, leave the cat alone!

CITY COUNCIL

See you at night.

Comrade Mamonov.

Sometimes I think about you.

We are banned accepting prescriptions.

Your father?

He must have done something wrong.

A replacement will come inventory tomorrow.

I'll help you count.

They don't trust Dad.

Are you mad?

Medicine is always welcome. I'm going to sell it quietly.

Your father was with the Defenders?

He was an officer in the freedom struggle. He fought against the Reds in 1918.

20 years ago.

It's been a long time. Who would remember?

SECRETARY

-Is Comrade Klopcitis here? -He just left.

Damn it! Where is the plaque?

NKVD

HOUSE OF CULTURE

How was it six o'clock on Wednesday?

I arrived at 5am.

Me at 6am.

I fixed your workshop and left at 11am.

We sat and talked for two hours.

It was my fault? I could have painted it.

He said he was tired.

So just pay me for my time that I'm sitting naked for you?

I saw Zisele.

She is important now.

And if she reads your reports from the pharmacy?

Don't be a coward.

Doesn't she love me at all?

No. Yes, Naiga. I love.

Just for me?

Clear.

Let's go.

Take it, Ansis.

It will be more useful for you.

Maybe for a painting.

Let's go!

Thanks.

I wanted to see them.

But I can not.

-Anyway, they don't understand me. -Do you understand each other?

-The KGB, Mamonov. -He...

knows how to convince.

-Forced you to join him? -Nonsense.

Where were you about that?

I've been thinking about you too.

And what did you think?

I thought about painting you.

Stop! Get in the truck.

RED AURORA

If you have two shirts, take one and give it to someone in need.

It will pay off.

Finally, we are all equal.

We are all so poor as church mice.

-No one has anything. -No. We are not the same.

You don't eat pork.

When you eat, the fat has to drain.

I'll paint you.

I?

-An old Jew? -Yes.

Rembrandt also painted old Jews.

Hi how are you? White.

So beautiful.

I went to museums in London, Paris and Vienna.

In Amsterdam too.

I saw all kinds of works, Rembrandt and Rubens.

An old man's face has his expression. Tells about life.

A young face has only the raw beauty.

Our.

It's Naiga.

She is beautiful. Your legs, your hair.

But she has breasts of a goat.

Did you also paint my Zisele?

No.

-You're lying? -No, too.

Well, Zisele

I was studying to be a teacher.

She gave up and teamed up with a Russian.

Now work to the Executive Committee.

Can you tell me the reason?

Do Russians know how to convince?

To convince?

"THE DIVINE COMEDY", DANTE

That's great.

It's our old Defenders Band.

You are an idiot?

Long life to the October Revolution!

Let's welcome to a group of gymnasts

of the red military regiment from the city!

One!

Two!

Three!

One two!

Higher.

Really loud.

Let's go

Scream.

Now a surprise from Comrade Mamonov!

-Where is Naiga? -In the pharmacy.

-I can call her if she needs more people. -It is not necessary.

Can I bring more a dozen from the asylum.

Get lost!

Then?

-Is ready? -I am.

Hey.

Hello son.

Well, I brought this painting.

Thanks.

Lets go in.

Tsilya!

Tsilya, come here. Look.

It's a beautiful painting.

Can go.

Well, son...

gave me back my dignity...

with this frame.

He reached out his hand to a man who was drowning.

One would be too many.

Ansis!

Ansis!

The KGB.

They locked me in the pantry. I managed to escape through the window.

Drink some vodka.

They ransacked the house.

They took dad with them.

Naiga, darling.

I'm sorry for the misfortune in your family.

They are not the only ones.

Let's keep hope.

That.

I'm going to make tea.

If you are with him, they won't release him.

Zisele might know something.

-She has a friend in Prague. -Yes.

In the KGB too.

Well she joined the Reds to provoke me.

I should have stopped it.

Thank you, daughter.

Ansis,

Naiga is a good girl.

Look,

should listen this old Jew.

This is for your alliances.

The German division has just disembark in Finland.

The war will begin. A bloody war.

The board.

If something happens to me, pick it.

I don't want it to fall in the hands of the Germans.

What happened with Naiga's father?

-It must be a misunderstanding. -You should know.

-The most important... -It's Naiga's father!

Mamonov put you on the list of deportees.

Run away.

-Go! -Now let's work.

May I go with you?

-Did your mother let you? -She is sick.

They say it's possible to get a rifle in the forest.

Jezups, go home. Fast. I don't want to see you again.

So we meet again.

You have food?

We barely managed to escape.

Seven families were deported from here.

My brother's family and all the children.

You are lucky. The war has just started.

What war? Where?

-We shot a doe. -Is he crazy? Out of time?

We have to survive somehow.

-We will have meat tomorrow. -Just don't hit a doe.

The first one to appear will be shot.

A temporary government was formed in Lithuania.

The next day everyone was in prison.

No one will free us. Everyone wants to take what they can get.

Being under German command It's better than Russian.

-What about our independence? -Gone with the wind!

Why did you bring me here?

-What could I have done? -You have that woman in the KGB!

I could have thought of something!

I'm crawling and take a look.

Where are you going? Did you want to run away?

-Where is Zisele? -Zisele?

I could ask you the same question! Everyone is gone.

Let's follow the trails to the east.

They're from the NKVD.

Damn it! They can take care of themselves.

Don't try to jump here! It's full!

-Shoot! -Somebody else?

Shoot anyone that appears. Go fast!

Help me unearth my husband.

I want to see him one more time. Help me!

This is my bride.

1941 TO 1944, NAZI OCCUPATION GERMAN, "THE FUTURE IS BLACK!"

ADOLF HITLER STREET

Ansis, Major.

Ansis? What kind of name is that? His name is Hans.

I would like to get it right the paint issue.

It is the greatest authority now, Major.

I thought we got in in a civilized country.

It doesn't even have paint.

Has all the paint you need at the Bernstein store.

-The "chekas" confiscated your store. -Bernstein, he's...

Jewish.

We'll find paint.

We need a sign on the road, across the river.

The military is asking me about the coordinates.

Do you know how to do gothic letters?

HEADQUARTERS

-Come on, we're late. -He is well.

We are going.

Herr Hans!

He is alive!

See who's here!

I'm sorry for what happened. There are no manners in war.

Sit down, please.

Let's drink.

Let's drink together.

Health!

Did you come as an Enlightener?

In a way, yes.

See what he brought us.

Andreas saw me in the forest and he brought me home.

It's good that you don't have mixed with the Russians.

-I'm a sign painter. -Not a vandal as my mother predicted.

She fought the Russians in the forest?

I...

What would you say...

if I offered you a position in the security service?

I don't like snooping behind people's doors.

No need to snoop.

He has heard.

The communist pigs carried out your operations on this table.

They cut people and pulled out nails.

Jewish doctors did your experiences here.

Jewish surgeons tied up victims and carried out their experiments.

Follow me.

People were boiled alive here.

They boiled people alive here.

-Come in. -Please come in.

Let's smoke?

Do you have phosphorus?

Since when did you join them?

Who has the power, has a homeland.

I won't hold back anymore a broom.

The hunt for the Jews will start soon.

They will be brought by the river and will abandon them in the peat factory.

Who will hunt them?

It is our duty of honor.

The Germans said that the Jews made lists of deportees.

People were sent to Siberia because of them.

-My family. -Give him a green armband.

I better continue my work.

They are no better than the Russians. They take everything they can get.

Father...

Roza, I baptize you...

Joske.

This baptism...

Are here.

Very good. The sacrament of marriage.

What will happen to them?

A little Jew is also a human being.

These Germans are running out there like crazy.

At least their souls will be saved.

Your bodies Shouldn't they be saved?

They are children. Can't shelter them?

The Church cannot interfere in secular matters.

Well, I can.

Tomorrow.

Let them come.

Old Bernstein You don't know what fear is.

Have you seen Zisele?

She must be hidden.

She can come to you to ask for help.

Then...

She saved us of cattle cars.

I know.

Thanks. I knew he wouldn't refuse.

When you arrive in London,

go to the nephew from my brother-in-law's cousin.

He is a well-known art teacher. He will help you with your studies.

-There in London. -Which London?

It will arrive in London...

and in Paris. Take the painting.

I read that book again. It is good. He reminded me of many things.

From what?

Of what's to come.

A sea of ​​blood.

Andreas says that the Jews They are guilty of everything.

Tell him that a Jewess saved us.

She is more important for you than me.

-Jezups! Why do you need it? -Did you see the rifle they gave me?

Zisele!

Come fast!

Walk faster!

Take this sacred ring.

It is a symbol of sacred union between a man and a woman.

May this union be blessed and may it bring good fruit.

Now they are united as husband and wife.

Let's go to sleep.

Not now.

Do not scream.

The Jews tortured Dad.

It's German propaganda.

They shot him.

It wasn't boiled.

If they shot him or if he went boiled, what does it matter?

They killed him. They took my father away from me.

Do you really think that Bernstein Was he a Chekist?

Do you believe that?

Or the children at church?

Zisele was.

She has to go.

She saved us from Siberia.

She stays.

"Let me in!"

"Open!"

Help me!

I'm in a lot of pain.

Nothing bad can happen to me or with our son.

Our son?

Why didn't you tell me?

Heil Hitler!

The cat ate your tongue?

Made a beautiful sign to town.

What did you see It's not my responsibility.

Too easy.

Force locals to do your dirty work.

Clever.

Did you know that some of them...

they do it with peace of mind?

You better thank me.

Because I helped Naiga at the hospital.

It was you who painted this Jew?

I call him "The Bernstein Portrait".

Think about the security service. We need skilled people.

Hans.

Do you want to be our translator?

No need to spy behind the doors.

The salary is good. Vodka and cigarettes freely.

I can even get you a motorbike!

Let's leave everything as it is.

We still haven't found Zisele.

You liked her.

You too.

The weapons!

What? Did the partisans show up?

Wolves don't need instructions in the forest.

The partisans...

Some become partisans to avoid the Wehrmacht!

Goodbye, sober mind!

The Germans are better than the Russians.

-We'll get rid of them too. -Let's not discuss politics.

The only policy today is to avoid enlistment and drink something.

To the Latvian Legion!

To us Latvians!

Together with Adolf Hitler, fighting...

for a new Europe!

-Very good. -Yes.

The Germans won't do it alone. Now they need us.

The Russians are already so close?

I'm going outside to take some fresh air.

-Some flee to Courland. -Fishermen can take you to Sweden.

Don't want to sit at our table, it is not?

Let go of my hand.

Zisele!

Ansis.

Ansis?

Ansis!

Are you still here?

As you can see.

It seemed pretty close.

Airplanes. Are many.

I'm going to Courland tomorrow. In the peat factory truck.

Everyone thinks about running away to Sweden.

Fishermen can take us.

I wish you the best.

-Is it the Russians? -No.

The Germans are exploding everything when they left.

He was summoned for the Georgian Legion?

I must introduce myself in the barracks tomorrow.

Tomorrow?

the damn Russians, always!

the Germans, always!

and the sword will not rust!

the damn Russians, always!

the Germans, always!

Where?

Cross the ocean.

London.

For cousin's nephew from my brother-in-law.

You will arrive in London and in Paris.

You might think that a sign painter just paint letters

and see the events from the outside.

In my thoughts,

I always go back to that city

and walk along the riverbank.

In my dreams, I become a river,

coming out of nowhere and going nowhere.

In 1943, the Third Reich

began to recruit illegally young Latvians.

To formally meet to international law,

the Latvians came under the command of the SS, an official non-military organization.

Recruitment evasion it was punishable by death.

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