The Turn

The Turn

1968 · 76 min · 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.

Directed by Boris Yermolayev · Written by Levas Kazarinskas

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