Lithuanian Cinema: An Open History

The Lanfier Colony

1 hr. 24 min. | Drama, Thriller | Pegi 13

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A man taking a steamer ship to a remote island. The inhabitants are curious about the newcomer as he gets to know the innkeeper, the village idiot, and a pretty local girl. He starts a relationship with the girl after escaping death at the hands of the colony founder and together with the idiot manages to find gold, but the islanders turn their wrath on the man. He runs away after killing the girl's boyfriend in a fight. These people of the island have their own system of justice, however, and seek to punish the intruder in this symbolic drama of social conflict.

Jan Schmidt

Jan Schmidt

Jan Schmidt was a Czech film director, active between 1960 and 1995. His film „The Lanfier Colony“ (1969) was entered into the Moscow International Film Festival.
Languages
Czech, Russian
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Original title
Kolonie Lanfieri
Produced
1969: Czechia, Slovakia

Film information

Director
Jan Schmidt
Screenplay
Jan Schmidt, Alexander Grin
Music
Jiří Šust
Cinematography
Jiří Macháně
Cast
Juozas Budraitis, Zuzana Kocúriková, Václav Neckář
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Saturday, 7 November

19:00

Forum Cinemas Vingis · 5

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