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Adam Wants to Be a Man
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Adam Wants to Be a Man

1960-03-06 · 83 min · ★ 5.9

Drama

In a pre-WWII Lithuanian town, occupied with unemployed workers and crooks of various kinds, lives Adam, a naive young man with no job and a lot of dreams. His closest friend is the Captain, an old sea wolf with many tales to tell about Singapore, Hawaii and other equally exotic and sunny places. Inspired by his stories, Adam manages to get a job in an emigration bureau and starts saving for his ticket to leave abroad.

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Directors
Vytautas Žalakevičius
Production companies
Lithuanian Film Studio
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Vitalijus PuodžiukaitisVitalijus PuodžiukaitisAdam
Audrone BajerciuteAudrone BajerciuteLiuce
Stasis PetronaitisStasis PetronaitisPetras
Juozas MiltinisJuozas MiltinisCaptain
Valerijonas DerkintisValerijonas DerkintisPetras' father
Vaclovas BlėdisVaclovas Blėdis«Amerikonas»
Donatas BanionisDonatas BanionisDausa
Dana RutkutėDana RutkutėBlondinė
Janina RudzinskaitėLiucės teta
Bronius BabkauskasBronius Babkauskas«Tipas»
Algimantas MasiulisAlgimantas MasiulisKelneris
Vaclovas MuraškaValstietis

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