Released on TV

Žemė maitintoja

Earth the Foster-Mother · 1977

117 min · Drama, TV Movie · Lithuanian · Russia

Credits

Director: Bronius Talacka
Screenwriter: Bronius Talacka Rimantas Savelis
Cinematographer: Jonas Botyrius

Produced by

Lithuanian Television
Russia · Production

Synopsis

The peasant Juras Tarutis takes part in the struggle for independent Lithuania and in the election campaign for the Sejm, painfully experiencing the fascist coup in 1926. At first, he firmly believes in land reform and only after difficult trials, he become disillusioned with the reform and with the bourgeois system itself.

Timeline

14 July 1977Premiered on TV

Spoken languages: Lithuanian, Russian

Also known as Земля-кормилица

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