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Latvia is a Baltic Sea country of beaches, forests and song festivals. It sings its history because it had to preserve it that way — riflemen and deportees fill its screens. Blizzard of Souls marched them; Soviet Milk weaned them. Open Latvia on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Latvia

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 4 books and 23 movies set in Latvia.

The Immortal

The Immortal

Beta Film-Cattleya-Vision Distribution
movie

After reuniting with his first mentor Bruno and receiving his latest mission an exiled Ciro is left to fearlessly confront whatever comes his way navigating a new chapter of gang warfare while grappling with devastating…

Setting: Naples, Italy; LatviaTime Period: Contemporary
Soviet Milk

Soviet Milk

Film Studio Devini-Tet Studio
movie

Young and promising doctor loses everything due to her conflict with the totalitarian Soviet regime – career love for life and even mother’s instinct denying breast milk to her baby. However the grown-up daughter…

Setting: LatviaTime Period: 1945-1989
Blizzard of Souls

Blizzard of Souls

National Film Centre of Latvia-KULTFILMA
movie

The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home he finds some consolation in joining the army because this is the first time national battalions are…

Setting: Latvia; RussiaTime Period: World War I
Escape Plan: The Extractors

Escape Plan: The Extractors

Potato Eater Productions-Twirly Films Limited-Leomus Pictures-EFO Films
movie

After security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison Breslin's girlfriend is also captured. Now he and his team must pull off a deadly…

Setting: Latvia; Hong Kong, ChinaTime Period: 2010s
Rocks in My Pockets

Rocks in My Pockets

Locomotive Productions-Rocks In My Pockets
movie

The personal story of a woman struggling with an inherited illness as told by Signe Baumane the Latvian director-animator living in New York City. With humour and courage the director sets out on a challenging journey…

Setting: New York, USA; LatviaTime Period: 2014
Emily. Queen of Press

Emily. Queen of Press

Mistrus Media
movie

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…

Setting: LatviaTime Period: Interwar period
In the Crosswind

In the Crosswind

Baltic Pine Films-Allfilm
movie

June 14 1941 3 a.m. Over 40000 people from Estonia Latvia and Lithuania are deported by Soviets to Siberia. Among them is a philosophy student Erna a happily married mother of a little girl. Separated from her husband…

Setting: Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Siberia, RussiaTime Period: World War II Era
Billion Dollar Brain

Billion Dollar Brain

Lowndes Productions Limited
movie

A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?

Setting: London, UK; Latvia; Texas, USATime Period: 1960s
Agent Vinod

Agent Vinod

Illuminati Films Pvt Ltd
movie

In Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhua RAW Agent Vinod (Saif Ali Khan) is rescued by colleague Rajan (Ravi Kishan) from a rogue Pakistani army officer (Shahbaz Khan). In Russia/Uzbekistan an ex-KGB Officer is tortured and…

Setting: Pakistan; Russia; Uzbekistan; South Africa; Morocco; Latvia; India; UKTime Period: 2012
Upurga

Upurga

VFS Films
movie

Andrejs a meticulous outdoor adventure guide takes a film crew to a wild river valley for a vegetarian sausage commercial shoot. The enterprise suffers an unexpected setback as the crew goes missing. Little they know…

Setting: LatviaTime Period: Contemporary

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