Piejūras Klimats

The R. Kalniņš’ film most damaged by censorship – work on this project was stopped and most of the material was destroyed
Work on this film, started in the summer of 1974, was never finished. After the first material was shown in Moscow to the State Cinematography Committee, they were ordered to change the style. The director’s style of brightness, relativity and undeniable irony was, according to the Soviet functionaries, unsuitable for a story about a gas company brigade. During the second half of 1974 work continued on possible changes and the main actor was replaced due to a broken nose, but during the last days came the order to stop work on Maritime Climate, and to write off the production to losses.
There are some 20 minutes of both outtakes and edited film remaining, and in 1992 this material was incorporated into a short film proving that Maritime Climate could have been one of the most original Latvian films ever.