Aloiz Brench
Directing
June 6, 1929
Died at age 69
October 29, 1998
Date of Death
Riga, Latvian Republic
Biography
The director who started the detective and thriller genre in Latvian cinema made his finest movies in the 1970s. In his work Brenčs accentuated the psychological motivation of the criminals and the causality of events. In a time when doubts were unacceptable, he allowed his characters to doubt, raising questions about personal choice and responsibility.