SKRYDIS PER ATLANTĄ

FLIGHT OVER THE ATLANTIC

Directed byRaimondas Vabalas
Years1983
Duration100
Original versionLithuanian
SubtitlesEnglish, French, Polish
Available formatsDCP, BLUE RAY
GenreHistorical drama

Creative team

Written by Raimondas Vabalas, Juozas Glinskis
Cinematography by Jonas Tomaševičius
Music by Bronius Kutavičius

Cast

Remigijus Sabulis, Eimuntas Nekrošius, Regimantas Adomaitis, Eugenija Bajorytė, Juozas Budraitis, Povilas Gaidys, Gediminas Girdvainis, Valentinas Masalskis, Jonas Vaitkus

About the film

  •  The most popular film in the history of Lithuanian cinema

Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas are preparing for the legendary flight over the Atlantic Ocean in 1933. Their goal is to take off from New York and land in Lithuanian capital of Kaunas with their small single-engine plane “Lituanica”. The film reveals heroic persistence of two Lithuanians who are dreaming to see their homeland again and who are determined to fight for its honor by going on a dangerous 37 hours long journey.

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