Tunded
This film has also been called the best Lithuanian film of all time.
“Feelings”, “The Chronicle of One Day” and “Nobody Wanted to Die”.
These are the top three of the best Lithuanian films of all time, compiled in 1997 by Lithuanian critics and filmmakers.
It’s the end of the war. Germans are on one side of the Curonian Lagoon, Russians on the other. This difficult time also splits up twin brothers Kasparas and Andrius – one is devoted to his family, the other to political ideals. Both are fighting for survival – like all Lithuanians.
Its complexity, subtle psychological detailing, expressive imagery, vivid ethnic colouring and lack of placard ideology made it an outstanding film in its time, and its value has only increased over time.
Starring Lithuania’s greatest film actors Regimantas Adomaitis and Juozas Budraitis.
Tiit Tuumalu
Algirdas Dausa (1940-2017) was a Lithuanian feature film and documentary director. He graduated from the National Film Institute in 1964 as a documentary filmmaker. His best-known film is “Feelings” (1968), made with Almantas Grikevičius, which won a special prize at the San Remo Film Festival.
Jausmai (Tunded, 1968), Tas prakeiktas nuolankumas (See neetud alandlikkus, 1971), Kur iškeliauja pasakos (Kuhu kaovad muinasjutud? 1973)
Almantas Grikevicius (1935-2011) was one of Lithuania’s best-known film directors. He graduated from the National Film Institute in 1965 as a feature film director. His film “Feelings” (co-directed by Algirdas Dausa) has been repeatedly voted the best Lithuanian film of all time. “Fact”, however, was the first Lithuanian film to compete at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received an award for the Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jelena Solovei). In 2009, Grikevičius was awarded the Lithuanian National Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Jausmai (Tunded, 1968), Ave, vita (Elagu elu, 1969), Sodybų tuštėjimo metas (Talude tühjenemise aegu, 1976), Faktas (Fakt, 1980)