![]() Filming also took place in Ragaciems, Plieņciems, Majori, Ķekava, Vecāķi, Buļļuciems, Pape, Nida and elsewhere. This film has immortalised the Lapmežciems dune, which Anita was climbing up with her pendant - a foam man - on a chain around her neck. ![]() ![]() This hit song composed by Jānis Mediņš was later sung by nearly every fisherman in the Gulf of Riga and every philistine in pubs of Riga, but in its entirety it was only known by Plieņu village and Rūdolfs Bērziņš. He composed the song “Jūra krāc un vēji pūš” specifically for the opera singer Rūdolfs Bērziņš (1881–1949). The film has love, treachery, colourful fishermen characters and “sticky” music composed by Jānis Mediņš (1890–1966). He dreams of and brings to life the idea of independence of all fishermen from the trade buyer, of an ice cellar and the establishment of a fishermen’s co-operative. The storyline circles around Oskars, the son of the fisherman Kļava, who no longer wants to follow the dictate of his family or carry on the traditional life of fishermen. The movie “Zvejnieka dēls” filmed in 1939 by the director Vilis Jānis Lapenieks (1908–1983) and inspired by the novel of Vilis Lācis (1904–1966) is one of the most popular Latvian feature films of all times. This area was also the filming site of the short film “Vanadziņš” (1972), musical comedy “Lielais dzintars” (1972) and the fairy-tale film “Sprīdītis” (1985), as well as “Ipolits” (2002) among several television series. Lapmežciems, Ragaciems, Plieņciems, Engure and Bērzciems are the filming sites of movies dedicated to the theme of the sea or having scenes with the sea sceneries.
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