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Living Heroes

1960 · 80 min

A somber, episodic wartime anthology that asks patience and rewards it with quiet, child's-eye emotional weight.

Overview
Four different stories about young kids' destinies in different time periods in Lithuania.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • coming-of-age
  • survival
  • family
  • grief
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • anthology
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, family, war
Directed by
Vytautas Žalakevičius, Balys Bratkauskas, Arūnas Žebriūnas, Marijonas Giedrys
Written by
Algimantas Čekuolis, Henrikas Šablevičius, Vytautas Žalakevičius, Marijonas Giedrys
Starring
Leonidas Milašauskas, Valentinas Taujanskas, Antanas Gabrėnas, Steponas Kosmauskas, Vladas Jurkūnas, Nerijus Narkis, Eduardas Čepulis, Regina Zdanavičiūtė
Music
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Cinematography
Jonas Gricius, Algimantas Mockus
Runtime
80 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Lithuanian, Russian

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