The first film in a duology based on the biography of Latvian revolutionary Jānis Fabricius. Mārtiņš Venta, the son of a forest ranger, enrolls in a Riga gymnasium and becomes an underground activist, while his classmate, Dace, a teacher's daughter, is expelled from the Riga school for singing the revolutionary song Kā gulbji balti padebeši iet. Dace becomes an actress, but Mārtiņš is drafted into the tsar's army. He refuses to participate in the shooting of a workers' demonstration and is sentenced to exile, but before his deportation, Mārtiņš is allowed to marry Dace in prison.
Cast
Valdemārs Zandbergs
Mārtiņš
Vija Artmane
Dace
Jānis Kubilis
Alberts
Karps Klētnieks
ārsts
Astrīda Gulbe
Unknown
Juris Lejaskalns
Unknown
Zigrīda Stungure
Unknown
Lidija Freimane
Unknown
Austra Baldone
Unknown
Jānis Osis
Unknown
Arturs Dimiters
Unknown
Pēteris Cepurnieks
Unknown
Žanis Priekulis
Unknown
Milda Klētniece
Unknown
Hermanis Vazdiks
Unknown
Martinsh Verdinsh
Unknown
Oļģerts Krastiņš
Unknown
Karlis Sebris
Unknown
Harijs Liepiņš
Unknown
Žanis Kopštāls
Unknown
Edgars Girgensons
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