The Old Man and the Land

Overview

Robertas Verba’s first documentary film, described by film critic Živile Pipinyte as “the ‘ice-breaker’ which broke through the ice of Soviet ideology to form the peculiar stylistics of Lithuanian documentary film.” The hero of this film is the bright Lithuanian villager Anupras, whose archaic worldview becomes a symbol of the ethno-cultural Lithuanian identity that was often opposed to the identity constructed by Soviet propaganda.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1965

Original language

Lithuanian

Spoken languages

Lithuanian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Lithuanian Film Studio

Director

Robertas Verba

Writer

Grigorijus Kanovičius,Vytautas Rimkevičius,Robertas Verba

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt5458896