In a Claws of a Black Cancer(1976)

In a Claws of a Black Cancer is a historical drama set in 17th-century Kurzeme, where competing powers vie for control of the Latvian region. The Duke of Courland, the King of Poland, and German barons clash in a brutal struggle for dominance, each seeking to expand their influence over the land and its people. Caught in the crossfire are the farmers and common folk of Latvia, who bear the heaviest cost of this political and military conflict. The film explores the devastating human toll of territorial ambition, following ordinary lives disrupted by the machinations of nobility and foreign powers. Against a backdrop of shifting alliances and violence, the story reveals how ordinary people endure—and resist—the forces that seek to exploit them.