Ave, Vita
7.2
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.
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Cast
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Bronius Babkauskas
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Vytautas Paukste
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Hard to Be a God
Vytautas Žalakevičius
Grigorijus Kanovicius
Almantas Grikevicius
Eugenija Bajorytė
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Izabelė Pinaitytė
Antanas Šurna
Einas
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Pelėkautai
Northern Crusades
Gediminas Karka
Doctor
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Kortik
Attempt on GOELRO
Jonas Tomaševičius
Monika Mironaitė
Stepono našlė
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Pelėkautai
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Artiomas Inozemcevas
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Call It by Its Real Name
Almantas Grikevičius Director · Vytautas Žalakevičius Writer Grigorijus Kanovičius Writer
United States release May 26, 2021 · Produced in Russia · Languages German, Lithuanian
Production
Lithuanian Film Studio
Production
Lenfilm
Production
Russia
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Original language
Lithuanian
Spoken on screen
German · Lithuanian
Release dates
Russia · December 25, 1969
limited
Russia · December 25, 1969
Limited theatrical
United States · May 26, 2021
Digital · Anthology Film Archives (Vimeo)
Russia
May 8, 1970 · Theatrical · Vilnius
April 19, 1971 · Theatrical · Moscow
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