

Nobody Wanted to Die
1966-04-18 · 107 min · ★ 5.5
The film is set in Lithuania after the Second World War. It shows dramatic events in a small Lithuanian farming community, where people are split between the Soviets and the "brothers in the woods", who are fighting to defend their land from the Soviets after the end of the Second World War.
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- Directors
- Vytautas Žalakevičius
- Production companies
- Lithuanian Film Studio
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kazimieras VitkusLokys
Regimantas AdomaitisDonatas
Bruno O'YaBronius
Juozas BudraitisJonas
Algimantas MasiulisMykolas
Donatas BanionisVaitkus
Vija ArtmaneOna
Eugenija Šulgaitė
Bronius BabkauskasMarcinkus
Regina Zdanavičiūtė
Laimonas NoreikaJuozapas
Antanas Šurna
Vytautas TomkusApuokas
Antanas BarčasBarzda
Balys Juškevičius
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