New Baltic Cinema

Back to Your Arms

1 hr. 30 min. | Drama | N/A

1961. A father and daughter, separated by fate during World War II, try to meet in Berlin. Father - from Soviet Lithuania, daughter - US emigrant. Although warming in the Soviet Union and the border in Berlin has not yet been built, the Cold War is approaching its apogee, and the favourable geographical and political circumstances of the meeting appear to be deceptive. When the father arrived in Berlin, he was taken into the care of the disguised KGB staff. They try to lure their daughter to the East, but affected by the distrustful city atmosphere, she is afraid to cross the border into West Berlin. Saving each other from possible pitfalls, the father and daughter are ready to give up the coveted meeting ...

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas

Kristijonas Vildžiūnas was born in 1970 in Vilnius. Before becoming a film director, he was one of the leaders of the popular rock band "Northern Direction". In 1996 he graduated from the Theater and Film Faculty of the Lithuanian Academy of Music. Studied directing in a course led by Henrikas Šablevičius and Vytautas Čibiras. Since 1995 has made three short films and three long films.
Languages
Lithuanian
Subtitles
English
Produced
2010: Lithuania

Film information

Director
Kristijonas Vildžiūnas
Producers
Uljana Kim, Janusz Wachala, Krzysztof Zanussi
Screenplay
Kristijonas Vildziunas
Music
Antoni Lazarkiewicz
Cinematography
Vladas Naudzius
Cast
Elzbieta Latenaite, Andrius Bialobzeskis, Jurga Jutaite, Margarita Broich
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