Lithuanian Cinema: An Open History

Adam Wants to Be a Man

1 hr. 27 min. | Drama | Pegi 13

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Prie-war Kaunas. Adam is a young man who has a girlfriend Lucie. Unfortunately he is poor and lives in an old barge together with a strange captain. The youths dream to go to the remote and exotic South American country, where their poverty would end and the dream about beautiful life come true. Adam is a success to get job in the office of the Migration Department and starts to save money for a journey, but his dream hardly could come true.

Vytautas Žalakevičius

Vytautas Žalakevičius

Vytautas Zalakevicius was born on April 14, 1930, in Kaunas, Lithuania. He studied directing at the Soviet State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His first independent full-length feature film "Adam Wants to Be a Man" immediately became a sensation. Zalakevicius demonstrated his experimental approach as a writer-director and achieved an uncommon result. His work with such actors, as Donatas Banionis and Juozas Miltinis brought him success.
Languages
Lithuanian
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Produced
1959: Lithuania

Film information

Director
Vytautas Žalakevičius
Screenplay
Vytautas Žalakevičius
Music
Eduardas Balsys
Cinematography
Algimantas Mockus
Cast
Vytautas Puodžiukaitis, Audronė Bajerčiūtė, Juozas Miltinis, Stasys Petronaitis, Valerijonas Derkintis, Vaclovas Blėdis, Donatas Banionis
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Wednesday, 11 November

17:00

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