Acting

Antanas Šurna

Born March 27, 1940

Died May 19, 2014 · aged 74

Antanas Šurna (27 March 1939 – 19 May 2014) was a Lithuanian stage and movie actor. He has appeared in over 100 movies and 50 plays. He is thought to be one of the most successful actors in Lithuania. His career began during the late 1960s. He won many awards during his 40-year career. Šurna died suddenly from cardiac arrest in Vilnius, Lithuania, aged 75.

Known For

Defiance

Defiance · 2008

MovieDramaHistory

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

Nobody Wanted to Die

Nobody Wanted to Die · 1966

Nobody Wanted to Die

MovieDramaAction

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.

Walnut Bread

Walnut Bread · 1977

In rural postwar Lithuania, the Šatai and Kaminskai families live beside each other. A cow sold to the Kaminskai dies, creating enmity between the families. Andrius Šatas and Liuka Kaminskaitė grow up together and fall in love.

Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda

Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda · 2011

Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda

MovieAdventureDrama

A romance blooms between a noblewoman and a common man amid a peasant revolt against the brutal Russian army

Little Sins

Little Sins · 1980

Based on the novel of the same name by Raimondas Kašauskas, about a strange man who is restless, who wants to live differently from everyone else, to play life.

Lumberjacks

Lumberjacks · 1982

About the everyday life of lumberjacks who seek solace in vodka, which becomes the cause of many troubles and misfortunes. But the old lumberjacks have their own philosophy and their own outlook on life....

Journey to Paradise

Journey to Paradise · 1981

Journey to Paradise

The rich widow Marta Anker, owner of a renowned trading company, loves the poor fisherman Ansą Balčiai. The locals keep the ongoings under close watch.

A Woman and Her Four Men

A Woman and Her Four Men · 1983

A Woman and Her Four Men

MovieDramaMystery

An epic tale set at the turn of the 20th century in a struggling fishing community, following the life of a woman widowed at the beginning of the film.

Filmography

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Defiance

Defiance · 2008

MovieDramaHistory

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

Orthodox Rabbi

Nobody Wanted to Die

Nobody Wanted to Die · 1966

Nobody Wanted to Die

MovieDramaAction

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.

Walnut Bread

Walnut Bread · 1977

In rural postwar Lithuania, the Šatai and Kaminskai families live beside each other. A cow sold to the Kaminskai dies, creating enmity between the families. Andrius Šatas and Liuka Kaminskaitė grow up together and fall in love.

Kaminskas

Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda

Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda · 2011

Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda

MovieAdventureDrama

A romance blooms between a noblewoman and a common man amid a peasant revolt against the brutal Russian army

Snegiriovas

Little Sins

Little Sins · 1980

Based on the novel of the same name by Raimondas Kašauskas, about a strange man who is restless, who wants to live differently from everyone else, to play life.

Leonas Ulba

Lumberjacks

Lumberjacks · 1982

About the everyday life of lumberjacks who seek solace in vodka, which becomes the cause of many troubles and misfortunes. But the old lumberjacks have their own philosophy and their own outlook on life....

Journey to Paradise

Journey to Paradise · 1981

Journey to Paradise

The rich widow Marta Anker, owner of a renowned trading company, loves the poor fisherman Ansą Balčiai. The locals keep the ongoings under close watch.

Žandaras

A Woman and Her Four Men

A Woman and Her Four Men · 1983

A Woman and Her Four Men

MovieDramaMystery

An epic tale set at the turn of the 20th century in a struggling fishing community, following the life of a woman widowed at the beginning of the film.

Father

Fire

A story about an events occurred in Belarus in 1944 during the WWII.

Pogudalov

Wounds of Our Land

Wounds of Our Land · 1971

Wounds of Our Land

MovieDramaHistory

Tragic pages in the history of the formation of the independent Lithuanian state in 1918-20.

Giedraitis

Northern Crusades

Northern Crusades · 1972

Northern Crusades

MovieDramaHistory

Historical epic about the uprising of the Prussians agains the Teutonic crusaders.

Herkus Mantas (tėvas ir sūnus)

I'll Not Become a Gangster, Dear

I'll Not Become a Gangster, Dear · 1978

I'll Not Become a Gangster, Dear

A criminal story based on the novels by O. Henry.

Dikas Deneveras

Raindrops

Raindrops · 1981

The film is based on the novel of the same name by P. Kuusberg and tells about the fate of former classmates, high school students, during the Second World War and in the post-war period.

Eduardas Tynupiartas

Matches From 9 to 9

Matches From 9 to 9 · 1980

Matches From 9 to 9

MovieDramaTV Movie

The main conflict is developing between the young talented scientist Romas Špokas and Karolis Budrys, who, by hook or by crook, is trying to occupy the chair of director of a research institute, organized for the widespread development of work on the implementation of Špokas’ promising scientific idea.

Janulis

Smoke and Shorty

Smoke and Shorty · 1975

Smoke and Shorty

MovieAdventureTV Movie

A musical movie based on Jack London novels.

Ave, Vita

Ave, Vita · 1969

A survivor of a Nazi concentration camp returns to his life in Lithuania and attempts to reunite with his former comrades years after the war ended. He struggles to bridge the gap between his horrific memories of the Holocaust and the mundane reality of his modern surroundings. While interacting with his daughter and old friends, he searches for a way to integrate his past trauma into a peaceful present.

Einas

The Day of Retribution

The Day of Retribution · 1977

The Day of Retribution

MovieAdventureCrime

Lithuania in the 19th century: While the first railway-road is built from Warsaw to Moscow throughout the country people are still facing slavery and oppression from the elite. A fight between the Robin-Hood-like gang leader Laurynas and the greedy landowner Laurnyas emerges.

Mykolas

Men Summer

Men Summer · 1970

MovieCrimeMystery

This historical detective story portrays a dramatic life situation in post-war Lithuania. After the Soviets occupied Lithuania, many young men took up arms and went to the woods to resist.

Monk

Benjaminas Kordušas

Benjaminas Kordušas · 1986

Benjaminas Kordušas

MovieHistoryDrama

The film tells about the life of the Lithuanian landed nobility in the period between the two wars, about the desire to live their old life. But new times dictate new conditions, new values emerge, and loyalty to old ideals is doomed...

Benjaminas Kordušas

Father

The film is based on the work of the Swedish writer August Strindberg.

Rotmistras

Lost Farmland

Lost Farmland · 1976

MovieDramaHistory

The film covers the events in Lithuania in 1940-1945 and tells about the life of the Lithuanian intelligentsia. The characters are placed in crisis situations, when the problem of choosing a path, the problem of social and historical self-determination of the fate of the people and each person inevitably arises.

Marius Nemunis („Raudonasis Marius“)

Music

Based on M.Diuras' play.

Mišelis Nolė

State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind

State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind · 1988

State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind

A group of saboteurs was sent into Estonia in 1959. This group included a local resident who also has his own personal goal: to find the daughter he lost at the end of the war while fleeing abroad.

Elze's Life

Elze's Life · 2000

At the end of the 19th century, proud but poor fisherman Jurgaitis gets imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. His beautiful daughter Elze is sent to live with rich German merchant Michael. There she falls for his son Endrik.

Mano mylimas prieše

Mano mylimas prieše · 2010

Mano mylimas prieše

Algimantas

Giminės ir...

Giminės ir... · 2001

SeriesDramaComedy

Antanas Šeputis

Pelėkautai

Pelėkautai · 1986

SeriesMysteryCrime

Misteris Paravanicinis

Chameleon

Chameleon · 1989

A two part mini-series based on Jonas Avyžius novels.

Liudas Skirmonis