Creative team
Written by Vytautas Žalakevičius
Cinematography by Jonas Tomaševičius
Music by Vytautas Barkauskas
Cast
Regimantas Adomaitis, Juozas Budraitis, Regina Paliukaitytė, Eugenija Bajorytė, Bronius Babkauskas, Laimonas Noreika, Algimantas Masiulis
About the film
- Best Cinematography Award at the 10th Baltic, Belarus and Moldavia Film Festival in Minsk in 1969
- Special Jury Prize at San Remo International Film Festival in 1975
- Picked the best Lithuanian film of all times by film critics in 1995
Film, based on a story by Latvian novelist Egons Līvs, focuses on the resolve of a human being and the whole Lithuanian nation in the face of cataclysmic events to find the time and room for simple emotions. Film depicts a chaotic period through the relationship of the two brothers, one dedicated to his family and conscience; the other dedicated to a political ideal. These divided brothers can be read as a representation of a country torn in two, of a history rudely divided. Lithuania has a history of occupation and the struggle to survive is as much personal as it is cultural.
