Four different stories about young kids' destinies in different time periods in Lithuania.
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Leonidas Milašauskas
Alius (novel «Living heroes»)
Valentinas Taujanskas
Vikis (novel «Living heroes»)
Antanas Gabrėnas
Ryauba - kranininkas (novel «Living heroes»)
Steponas Kosmauskas
skulptorius (novel «Living heroes»)
Vladas Jurkūnas
pastininkas (novel «Living heroes»)
Nerijus Narkis
Juozukas (novel «We don't need»)
Eduardas Čepulis
Juozukas tevas (novel «We don't need»)
Regina Zdanavičiūtė
Juozukas mama (novel «We don't need»)
Kazimieras Vitkus
burzuazinis (novel «We don't need»)
Nijolė Narijauskaitė
mokytojas (novel «We don't need»)
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A meek record producer and the Russian underworld meet for a discussion of snare drums, tube mics and railroad tracks.
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Follow the perilous journey to freedom when a young boy and his dog attempt to escape a concentration camp during World War II. Based on true events.
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A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.
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When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
Katy McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets her mind to tame a mustang and prove to her father she can run the ranch. But when tragedy happens, it will take all the love and strength the family can muster to restore hope.
Seal Team Eight must fight their way deep into Africa's Congo, decommission a secret uranium mine, and stop our most dangerous enemy from smuggling weapon's grade yellow-cake out of the country.
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A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.
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A young girl struggles to maintain her school grades while competing as a gymnast.
