Sound and Picture Restoration of

IN THE SWADOW OF DEATH

Original title: Nāves ēnā
English title: In the Shadow of Death
Directed by: Gunārs Piesis
Cinematography by: Mārtiņš Oskars Kleins
Art direction by: Herberts Līkums
Sound direction by: Gļebs Korotejevs
Music composer: Marģeris Zariņš
Main cast: Eduards Pāvuls, Gunārs Cilinskis, Pēteris Šogolovs, Pēteris Auziņš, Harijs Avens, Lūcija Baumane
Year: 1971
Genre: Thriller/Drama
Studio: Rīgas kinostudija
Country: Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic / USSR (today – Republic of Latvia)

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Restoration description:

Restoration production company: Locomotive Classics
Restoration production years: 2018
Restoration premiere: 2019
Restoration team: Rūta Sudakova, Pēteris Sudakovs, Kaspars Cirsis, Ernests Ansons, Elīna Reinholde, Roberts Vinovskis
Film material source: Latvian State Archive of Audiovisual Documents, Šmerļa Street 5, Riga, Latvia
Picture/Audio source material: Interpositive / Positive / Optical track / Magnetic track
Scanning resolution: 4K

Restored master details:

Master resolution: 2K DCI SCOPE
Original frame rate: 24.000 fps
Picture color format: B/W
Film aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Sound format: STEREO, 5.1.

Distribution details:

Original format length: 79 min 24fps
Audio languages: Latvian