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The Turn
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The Turn

1968-05-09 · 76 min · Not rated

War · Drama · Family

Lithuanian schoolchildren were driving home, returning from an excursion. Not far from Minsk, the bus came under bombing. The war caught the boys far from home, by surprise. A turn in their destinies, knowledge of the harshest sides of existence... And the heroes are only thirteen years old.

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Directors
Boris Yermolayev
Production companies
Lithuanian Film Studio
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Valentina LysenkoValentina LysenkoValia
Leonid NevedomskyLeonid Nevedomskyleitenantas Dubrovinas
Steponas KosmauskasSteponas Kosmauskasmokytojas lietuvis
Sergey DreydenSergey Dreydenseržantas Andrejus
Vytautas TomkusVytautas Tomkusautobuso vairuotojas
Saulius LiauksminasRimas
Algis KligysVladas
Stasys PetrauskasAndrius
Linas KrisciunasTeodoras
Aleksandras KavoliūnasVytas
Birutė KazlauskaitėBirutė
Danutė KazlauskaitėDanutė
P. CibulskasJeronimas
Juozas Barysas
Galina DauguvietyteGalina Dauguvietyte
Balys JuškevičiusBalys Juškevičius
Jonas Pakulis

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