2013 /

The Excursionist

110 min.  –  Feature film  –  110 min., color, 35mm  –  2013
Director : Audrius Juzėnas
Cinematographer : Ramūnas Greičius
Sound director : Jonas Maksvytis
Production designer : Jurijus Grigorovičius
Costume designer : Daiva Petrulytė
Editing director : Paulius Zavadskis
Producer : Algirdas Šemeškevičius
Cast : Nelė Savičenko, Algirdas Paulavičius, Airida Gintautaitė, Sakalas Uždavinys, Margarita Žiemelytė, Anastasija Marčenkaitė, Sergejus Garmašas, Igor Savočkin

After the 2-nd World War Europe was divided in two parts and the state of Lithuania found itself on the eastern side of the iron curtain. The Stalin regime quickly broke the traditional way of life, it cruelly suppressed any resistance. Hundreds of thousands of Lithuanians were deported to concentration camps in the North and East.

 

The main hero of the film- a ten year old girl- escapes from the exile train and starts a dangerous trip back to Lithuania, to her Motherland. The film is based on true story.