Red Code Blue
Directed by Oskars Rupenheits • 2025 • Latvia
Riga in the wild post-Soviet nineties. Enter rookie detective Romāns Skulte (Raitis Stūrmanis), whose commitment to justice makes him a marked man in a world where drug traffickers and racketeers rule the streets under the protection of crooked cops. This gritty, slow-burning police thriller from Oskars Rupenheits brings a Baltic chill to the gangster classics of Martin Scorsese, a morality play intercut with tense action sequences, double-crosses, and hard-nosed humour.
RED CODE BLUE • TUMŠZILAIS EVAŅĢĒLIJS
Written and directed by Oskars Rupenheits
Cinematography by Juris Pīlēns
Music by Pēteris Vasks and Ugis Praulins
Starring: Raitis Stūrmanis, Viesturs Berkmanis, Elīna Avotiņa
In Latvian and Russian with English subtitles
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Red Code Blue
Directed by Oskars Rupenheits • 2025 • Latvia
Riga in the wild post-Soviet nineties. Enter rookie detective Romāns Skulte (Raitis Stūrmanis), whose commitment to justice makes him a marked man in a world where drug traffickers and racketeers rule the streets under the protection of crooked cops....
Extras
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Oskars Rupenheits on the Wild West energy of his police thriller Red Code Blue
Director Oskars Rupenheits sits down with Sam Goff to discuss his award-winning police thriller Red Code Blue, screening on Klassiki as part of our partnership with FilmFestival Cottbus from 5 November until 3 December. Oskars gets into the moral dilemmas at the heart of the film, recreating the ...
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