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Midsummer Madness
Midsummer Madness

Midsummer Madness

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St. John’s Night is a traditional midsummer Latvian celebration where family and friends get together to build bonfires, drink and have a good time. According to a legend, on this night lovers and those who wish to fall in love can search the woods for the "magic fern".

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

12 October 2007

Country

Latvia

Cast

Orlando Wells

Orlando Wells

Curt

Gundars Āboliņš

Gundars Āboliņš

Oskars

Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros

Livia

Dominique Pinon

Dominique Pinon

Toni

Chulpan Khamatova

Chulpan Khamatova

Aida

Tobias Moretti

Tobias Moretti

Peteris

Victor McGuire

Victor McGuire

Mike

Detlev Buck

Detlev Buck

Axel

Roland Düringer

Roland Düringer

Karl

Birgit Minichmayr

Birgit Minichmayr

Maja

Daniil Spivakovskiy

Daniil Spivakovskiy

Foma

Aurelija Anuzhite

Aurelija Anuzhite

Natasha

Yevgeni Sitokhin

Yevgeni Sitokhin

Leonid

Benito Sambo

Benito Sambo

Yuki

Peter Faerber

Peter Faerber

Egons

Dzintars Belogrudovs

Dzintars Belogrudovs

Berzinsh

Gatis Belogrudovs

Gatis Belogrudovs

musician

Aija Bērziņa

Aija Bērziņa

nurse

Evgeniy Cherkes

Evgeniy Cherkes

paramedic

Alexander Hahn

Alexander Hahn

policeman

Leo Hiršsons

Leo Hiršsons

Wladimir

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