Emily. Queen of the Press (2021)
| First Air Date: | 2021, September 23 |
| Last Air Date: | 2021, October 21 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 7 |
| Episode Runtime: | 55 min |
| Countries: | Latvia |
| Production: | Mistrus Media |
| Cast: | Jēkabs Reinis, Raimonds Celms, Gatis Maliks, Lauris Dzelzītis, Baiba Broka, Guna Zariņa, Juris Bartkevičs, Uva Segliņa, Ligita Dēvica, Uldis Anže, Dainis Gaidelis, Edgars Ozoliņš |
Overview:
A story about Emīlija Benjamiņa, the “queen of the press” in interwar Latvia, whose wealth and tragic fate have since become folklore. The film’s narrative covers the period from the beginnings of Emīlija’s magazine Atpūta (Recreation), to her arrest and slow demise in a train en route to Siberia. The most prominent clairvoyant of the time - Eugene Fink’s prophecy that Emīlija would die from starvation in a foreign land (which served to be true) weaves through the narrative as a red thread. With this strong woman at the centre of the story, the film shows Latvian society in all its richness and gives the audience the opportunity to meet many well-known historical figures.