Šteinhauers & Blūms

2020 • Directed by

Ilgonis Linde

Documentary

Jānis or Johann Steinhauer (1705-1779) was the first Latvian entrepreneur and politician who stood for Latvian rights in Riga, a spiritual leader of Herrnhuters and generous benefactor who started the national awakening of Latvians a hundred years before New Latvians’ movement. Architect Pēteris Blūms has researched Steinhauer’s amazing life for 40 years. German musician Jöran Steinhauer had lived in Riga for many years and fully blended in the local cultural environment. The two men meet to find out if Johann and Jöran are related.