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Lithuanian: "Forest of the Gods"

(https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0453366) The story about one man- an artist and an intellectual- who was imprisoned by two brutal regimes, the Nazis and the Soviets. 'The Professor' is a man who lives by his own personal version of the Ten Commandments. After miraculously surviving imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a bit of ironic fate, he writes a memoir of his life, which becomes the target of the Soviet censors. The so-called "freedom" of Communism becomes just as oppressive as the German concentration camp. -Anonymous



"Forest of the Gods" is a very good film.

But there are a few Lithuanian films that are my all-time favourites (besides "Forest of the Gods"):

1. "The Ancient Woods": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/487463-the-ancient-woods

"The Ancient Woods" is, perhaps, the best film I ever watched—it is actually a documentary.

It has one shot with a human and there are no human voices in the whole film.

It is a love letter to the "untouched nature" (of Lithuania).

2. "The Collectress": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/56074-kolekcionier

3. "You Am I": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/12681-a-esi-tu

4. "Vanishing Waves": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/133764-aurora

5. "The Summer of Sungaile": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/310568-the-summer-of-sangai...

And some to not use too much the brain and have a fun time:

* "Redirected" (by the way, in English): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/190469-redirected-u-lietuv

* "Patriotai" ("Patriots"): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/408809-patriotai

* "How Saul and Paul Robbed Them All": https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/349954-how-saul-and-paul-ro...

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Just to add to your comments, the events on (the book) "Forest of the Gods" (which the film is based on) are based on the real experience of the main character, "the Professor" [1].

There are some criticism on whether the events are 100% faithful to the reality [2], but indifferent to that, it is a hell of a piece of art!

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balys_Sruoga

[2]: I am sorry, but I don't remember where I got that information. It is not that important, anyhow.




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