I Remember Everything, Richard () is a 1966 Soviet film produced during Soviet period at the Riga Film Studio. Another name for the film is Rock and Splinters (), which is normally applied to the uncut version.
The film's director was Rolands Kalnià Âà ¡.
Three friends â JÃÂnis, Zigis, and RiÃÂards â are mobilized into the Latvian Legion during World War II, where they fight against the Red Army in the Volkhov Marshes. Zigis is killed while attempting to desert to the Soviets. After the war, JÃÂnis is amnestied and remains in Soviet Latvia, accepting the new order, while RiÃÂards is missing. Twenty years later, the two surviving friends meet again. RiÃÂards, who has returned from abroad on a secret mission, has become an agent of Western intelligence services hostile to the Soviet regime.
The film portrays the events surrounding the participation of the Latvian Legion in battles against the Soviets on the Leningrad Front, particularly during the Battle of Leningrad, with the focus on a critical moment where RiÃÂards takes part in executing a captured Latvian Red Army soldier to save his friend Zigis. Afterward, RiÃÂards is sent to Germany, recruited by Western powers, and tasked with a mission in Latvia to destroy the Latvian Warriors' Monument at the Brothers' Cemetery, Riga.
In the finale, RiÃÂards kills his friend JÃÂnis and realizes that he has lost everythingâÂÂhis wife, his friend, and his homeland. His secret mission is exposed, and he is arrested.
While produced during the Soviet period and full of Soviet propaganda clichés, the film rather objectively describes the events surrounding the participation of the Latvian Legion in battles against Soviets on the Leningrad Front during World War II.
The film's cast included several notable Latvian actors: Eduards PÃÂvuls, Antra Liedskalnià Âa, Harijs Liepià Âà ¡, Pauls ButkÃÂviÃÂs, Uldis Pà «cëtis.