The Old Man and the Land

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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

18 minutes

Year:

1965

Director:

Robertas Verba

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Company:

Lithuanian Film Studio

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