Blizzard of Souls (2019) poster5

Latvia10 Essential Latvian FilmsStop 5 of 10

Blizzard of Souls

Dvēseļu putenis

2019 · 124 min · War

A sixteen-year-old Latvian boy, his young life shattered by the outbreak of World War I, enlists in a national battalion and is swept into the horrors of the trenches and the fight for his homeland. A sweeping, sobering war epic.

Runtime
124 min
Genre
War · Drama · History
Mood
tense · thoughtful · dark
Entry
some context
Best for
character-driven drama

Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive

Return to the complete listFilm notesWatch options

Part of 10 Essential Latvian Films

This film is stop 5 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Latvia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

FilmsAroundThe.World is a hand-curated atlas of world cinema with ranked country guides. It has no ads or accounts; anonymous aggregate page views and product milestones are measured with Vercel Web Analytics. Open the map, follow a curated route, or read the methodology.