{"id":59208,"date":"2021-11-25T23:06:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T23:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/?page_id=59208"},"modified":"2021-12-31T00:58:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T00:58:45","slug":"baltic-tribes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ucm.one\/en\/baltic-tribes\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltic Tribes (2018) by Lauris \u0100bele and Raitis \u0100bele | B-Spree Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Baltic Tribes – Last Pagans of Europe<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The live-action documentary\u00a0“Baltic Tribes –<\/b>\u00a0Last Pagans of Europe<\/strong>“, available through UCM.ONE<\/strong><\/span>‘s B-Spree Pictures<\/strong> label in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, consists of historical reconstructions, live-action scenes and computer animation, complemented by voice-over narration by scholarly experts in the field.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]In 2016, the film received funding from the National Film Centre’s special fund for the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Latvia.\u00a0In 2018, “Baltic Tribes –<\/b>\u00a0Last Pagans of Europe<\/strong>” was nominated at the Latvian Film Festival in the categories “Best Documentary” , “Best Director”, “Best Cinematography” <\/em>and “Best Make-up”.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”59345″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/span><\/h3>\n

Early 13th century: Religious rituals, the Battle of Saule, the battles of the Crusaders and the fiery battles for the free land. Who were the last pagans of Europe and what did they believe in? All this is revealed and experienced in this film documentary, in which the Danish merchant Lars (Kaspars Anin\u0161) travels to the last pagan populated areas of Europe. Thus he enters the tribal area of the Balts, participates in religious rituals, gets intoxicated during the summer solstice, becomes a slave of the Kurons and finally even fights against the Crusaders. The longer Lars, a Christian, wanders along with the pagans, the more he begins to sympathize with the locals and their traditions….[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”59352″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”59355″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]”Baltic Tribes –<\/b>\u00a0Last Pagans of Europe<\/strong>” is a popular science documentary that interweaves a feature film plot with many historical facts, making it a fascinating journey into a bygone era. History is usually told by the victors – “Baltic Tribes –<\/b>\u00a0Last Pagans of Europe<\/strong>” tries to set this historical picture straight.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]”Baltic Tribes –<\/b>\u00a0Last Pagans of Europe<\/strong>” is a fascinating live-action documentary that is not only worth seeing for those interested in history.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”59348″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Baltic Tribes<\/span><\/h3>\n

The modern term Baltic refers to the states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. However, in the 13th century, the period in which\u00a0“Baltic Tribes –\u00a0Last Pagans of Europe<\/strong>”\u00a0<\/b>is set, “Baltic” referred to the tribes whose languages belong to the Indo-European languages – among them the Latvians<\/strong>, Lithuanians<\/strong>, Old Prussians<\/strong> and Kurs<\/strong>, as well as the Sudcu-Jatvingians<\/strong>. Except for Latvian and Lithuanian, the Baltic languages are now considered extinct, although attempts are being made to revive them. The term “Baltic<\/strong>” is derived from their settlement area, the northeast of the “Mare Balticum”, i.e. the Baltic Sea.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Estonians<\/strong> in the north of today’s Baltic, whose language forms the Finno-Ugric linguistic community with Finnish and Hungarian, thus belong to the Baltic only geographically and politically, but not linguistically.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Until about 400 A.D., the Baltic settlement area extended over a vast area from the Vistula in the west to about present-day Moscow in the east and far into present-day Ukraine in the south. During the Migration Period, a probably largely peaceful slavicization of many formerly Baltic-populated areas occurred.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1561290391124{border-right-width: -15px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”59362″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”59365″ img_size=”full” onclick=”link_image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Thanks to the Slavs’ new techniques and larger population, the Balts<\/strong> were assimilated by the Slavic<\/strong> majority after a few generations of seemingly peaceful coexistence; only near the Baltic Sea did the Baltic tribes remain largely among themselves, preserving their language and culture.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1561286315715{margin-top: 15px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}”]