LOHENGRIN FROM VARKA KRU (2009)

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Lohengrin from Varka Kru
Documentary
September 30, 2009
Latvian
1h 20m
Ego Media
A creative a portrait of Latvian luger and Olympic medal winner, Martins Rubenis, who won the first Latvia's Winter Olympic medal of the games in Turin in 2006. Apart from his success in sports, in the circles of contemporary alternative culture he is known as DJ Betons from the association Varka Kru (Varka – from Russian "boiling", Kru – from English "crew"). Like the medieval knight Lohengrin, Martins Rubenis arrives in his luge to fight a battle - with an adversary, with himself, with time and the world.
Crew
Viesturs Kairišs
Director
Viesturs Kairišs
Writer
Gints Bērziņš
Director of Photography
Andrejs Verhoustinskis
Director of Photography
Guntis Trekteris
Producer