To Be Unwanted (Liekam būt) 47 years old

Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of crime, and policeman Leo Aleksandrs, as well as the beautiful taxi driver Irēna, try to persuade Voldis to forget the past and move on. But when the crime boss Teksis proposes a plan to rob a jewelry store, Voldis agrees, thinking this will be his last crime before starting a new life. Marking the pinnacle of its director's filmography, To Be Unwanted is a psychological drama that centers not on a single crime or its investigation but on the emotional collapse of the criminal as he realizes that his amoral lifestyle has rendered him redundant within society.

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To Be Unwanted Cast

Name Character
Uldis Dumpis He was 33, now 81 years old as Arnis
Uldis Pūcītis He was 39, 63 years old when he died as Petak
Vytautas Tomkus He was 36, now 84 years old as Voldemar Vitters

To Be Unwanted Crew

Name Department
Gunars Balodis as Production Design. Art
Andris Kolbergs as Screenplay. He was 37 (now 85) years old Writing
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To Be Unwanted (47 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, December 21, 1976
  • Runtime: 91 minutes