The Hawk was one of the most well-known Lithuanian resistance fighters during a post war period. It’s a story about a man who was forced to fight soviets who invaded the country post World War II. The Hawk had to keep his family hidden for 11 years and was eventually betrayed and brutally murdered by the soviets. The film is based on a diary of the Adolfas Ramanauskas – The Hawk. It serves as a background for Mantas Petravicius – a painter who tries to paint the portrait of the Hawk. He draws inspiration by visiting the exact places where The Hawk fought and had to hide.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 16 min.
- Country, year
- Lithuania, 2019
- Genre
- Documentary, Biographical, History
- Language
- Lithuanian
- Subtitles
- English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Vytautas V. Landsbergis
- Screenplay
- Vytautas V. Landsbergis
- Producers
- Vytautas V. Landsbergis, Vytis Vidūnas, Ulijana Kim, Osvaldas Bručas
- Cinematography
- Povilas Baltinas
- Music
- Jonas Landsbergis, Vytautas Leistrumas
Director
Vytautas V. Landsbergis
Vytautas V. Landsbergis studied at the Shota Rustaveli Theater and Georgia State Film University (TAFU). Afterwards he did internships with Jonas Mekas at the Anthology Film Archives in New York and Krzysztof Kiesliowski and Krzysztof Zanussi in Poland. He has been directing documentaries and fiction films since 1989. His films have been selected for film festivals in Bornholm (Sweden), Leipzig, Paris, London, Riga (Latvia), Zlin (Czech).
