Lithuanian Cinema: An Open History

Fact

1 hr. 36 min. | Drama, History | N-16

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One day, the life of the inhabitants of Pirčiupiai, who are engaged in their daily worries, is disturbed by the German tanks that entered the village. In the film, the chronicle of one of the days of June 1944 accompanying this event is "documented" from the perspectives of different characters. The memories of the population are intertwined with future plans, but their good moods and household problems are gradually overshadowed by the disorder, and then a bad sense of the future begins to seep into their midst. The psychologized cross-section of the group's "little story" becomes a universal story of a nation facing a tragedy ahead.

Almantas Grikevičius

Almantas Grikevičius

Almantas Grikevičius (1935 - 2011) was the director of Lithuanian documentary and feature films. He has directed films such as: "Time passes through the city" (1966), "Feelings" (1968), "Saduto-tuto" (1974), "The time of the emptying of homesteads" (1976), "Fact" (1981) "Notes on the margins of lifestyle" (2002), “Trying to find out” (2004) and others. In 2009, his work was awarded the National Culture and Art Prize.
Languages
Lithuanian
Produced
1981: Lithuania

Film information

Director
Almantas Grikevičius
Producers
Lietuvos kino studija
Screenplay
Vytautas Žalakevičius
Music
Juozas Sirvinskas
Cinematography
Donatas Pečiūra
Cast
Algimantas Masiulis, Irena Marija Leonavičiūtė, Saulius Balandis, Juozas Budraitis, Donatas Banionis, Doloresa Kazragytė, Vaiva Mainelytė, Regimantas Adomaitis

Screenings

Friday, 12 November

18:00

Martynas Mažvydas National Library · Conference hall

Past screening

Saturday, 13 November

15:00

Skalvija · Hall 1

Past screening

Saturday, 13 November

13:00

Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum · Hall 1

Past screening

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