Sound and Picture Restoration of

GIFTS BY PHONE

Original title: Dāvanas pa telefonu
English title: Gifts by Phone
Directed by: Aloizs Brenčs
Cinematography by: Miks Zvirbulis
Art direction by: Gunārs Balodis
Sound direction by: Viktors Miļņikovs

Music composer: Raimonds Pauls
Main cast: Stasys Petronaitis, Eugenija Pleškīte, Helga Dancberga, Harijs Liepiņš, Pauls Butkēvičs, Pēteris Liepiņš, Ivars Kalniņš, Juris Kaminskis

Year: 1977
Genre: Detective/Thriller
Studio: Rīgas Mākslas un hronikālo filmu studija
Country: Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic / USSR (today – Republic of Latvia)

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Restoration description:

Restoration production company: Locomotive Classics
Restoration production years: 2020
Restoration premiere: 2020
Restoration team: Pēteris Sudakovs, Ernests Ansons, Elīna Reinholde, Roberts Vinovskis

Film material source: Latvian State Archive of Audiovisual Documents, Šmerļa Street 5, Riga, Latvia
Picture/Audio source material: Positive / Optical track
Scanning resolution: 4K

Restored master details:

Master resolution: 2K DCI SCOPE
Original frame rate: 24.000 fps
Picture color format: Colour
Film aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Sound format: MONO 2.0.

Distribution details:

Original format length: 89 min 24fps
Audio languages: Latvian