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In the Shadow of Death is a Letton film of genre Drama directed by Gunārs Piesis with Gunārs Cilinskis
In the Shadow of Death (1972)
Nāves ēnā
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Add to a movie listÀ l'ombre de la mort (en letton : Nāves ēnā) est un film dramatique letton réalisé par Gunārs Piesis d'après la nouvelle éponyme de Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1899), sorti en 1971. Le film est inclus dans le Canon culturel letton.
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Huit pêcheurs, tous habitants d'un même village, se retrouvent piégés sur un morceau de glace qui s'est détaché de la côte et continue à dériver en pleine mer. Les dernières réserves de nourriture et d'eau potable sont épuisées, les hommes mangent du poisson cru. Le morceau de glace devient de plus en plus petit. Ils se croient sauvés lorsqu'un canot apparait, mais celui-ci trop petit ne peut prendre que cinq parmi eux. Un tirage au sort déterminera qui pourra monter et qui devra rester. Dans cette situation extrême chacun se montre sous son vrai jour.Actors
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