Latvian and Soviet actor Karl Sebris was born more than a hundred years ago - in 1914. The birthday of the film artist is February 18.
Life path of Karlis Sebris
The biography of Karl Sebris began in the Latvian city of Sinole. According to information published on the Internet, the basics of acting Karlis Sebris mastered in 1938 under the leadership of E. Zelmatis.
The first film with the participation of the actor was released in 1957, and his last film work is dated 2000.
It is also known that in 2007 a monument to a bricklayer and a chimney sweep was erected in the Latvian capital, the prototype of which was a chimney sweep Varis Vilzans and film actor Karl Sebris.
The actor died at the age of 94 in the city of Riga. In his track record - 30 films.
Carl Sebris: movies
“Alien in the Village” was the name of the film directed by Ada Neretniece, released in 1958. The protagonist of this film, a fisherman named Janis, once returned to his native village not alone, but with his young wife Elsa, who should lead the fish factory and take care of the improvement of the entire fishing industry.
This film tells about the first failures and the wary attitude of the new neighbors who did not stop the young woman. Gradually, Elsa earned the love and trust of the inhabitants of the village.
“Day without evening” was the name of the drama, the work on which in 1962 was completed by the Latvian director Maris Rudzitis. This picture is a story about several days in the life of a doctor working in a tuberculosis sanatorium. Having sent his family to the south, Egle is immersed in the work on creating a new medicine, which should alleviate the suffering of his wards.
Upon learning that he contracted radiation sickness, the doctor decides on a bold experiment and decides to test the invented medicine on himself ...
The drama Captain Zero was directed by Leonid Leimanis based on the novel by Egons Leaves. The main character of the film is Valdis Zero, the newly-minted captain of the Dzintars collective farm trawler. The first exit to the open sea Valdis had to make in the company of a local drunkard and the former captain of a fishing vessel, fiercely hating his young successor ...
In 1966, the movie drama of the Latvian director Leonid Leimanis “Edgar and Kristina” was released. The film takes place in Latvia in the middle of the 19th century. The groom Edgar, whose managerial character does not like the explosive character, becomes a victim of vicious slander: the guy is expelled from the estate, and his bride Christina (played by Vija Artmane) is going to marry one of the local rich ...
In 1970, the premiere of an adventure movie drama directed by Yuri Shvyrev “Ballad of Bering and his friends” took place. The protagonist of this picture is the elderly Dane Vitus, who has been in the service of Peter the Great for twenty years. Once Vitus receives from his master an important assignment: to go to the Far North at the head of a search expedition.
Agreeing to the role of Vitus Bering, Karl Sebris was in the company of the rising stars of Soviet cinema - Leonid Kuravlev, Wii Artman, Roman Tkachuk and Nonna Mordyukova.
The best work of the actor
In the detective film directed by Aloiz Brench and Rostislav Goryaev “24-25 does not return,” Karl Sebris played one of the main roles - Major Grigast, investigating the case of the abduction of an experimental batch of a new drug. The premiere of the painting took place in 1968.
One of the best film works of Sebris recognized the role of Count Gloucester in the drama of Grigory Kozintsev "King Lear". The film was released in 1970.
In the same year, the film was directed for the first time by the director Alexander Leimanis “Servants of the Devil”, based on the works of Rutku Teve, where Karl Sebris got the role of Samson.
The picture takes place in the seventeenth century, when Riga was besieged by the army of the Swedes. The three townspeople, whom the city fathers called the "servants of the devil," decided to stop the city council members from opening the city gates to the enemy.
Work on the film "Devil's Servants at the Devil's Mill" - a continuation of the previous film - was completed in 1972.
“Hotel“ At the deceased climber ”is a fantastic detective story, presented in 1979 to the audience by director Grigory Kromanov. Carl Sebris played the role of Mr. Moses.
A snow avalanche turned the mountain hotel into a trap: neither the guests nor the police who arrived on the fake call could leave it ... To pass the time, the police inspector decided to search the building again and found the body of one of the guests. Now all the inhabitants of the hotel are on the list of suspects.
The last role of Carl Sebris
Actor Karlis Sebris made his last reincarnation in 2000, starring in the movie “Terrible Summer” (directed by Aigars Grauba).
The film takes place in the summer of 1940. Soviet troops are about to cross the border of Riga, and the Germans hurriedly leave the city. The main character of the picture Isolda plans to go to Germany, but, having met with the correspondent of the Latvian radio company, falls in love. Now all her plans depend on the further development of their relationship ...