
Living Heroes
Drama · Family · War
Overview
Four different stories about young kids' destinies in different time periods in Lithuania.
Top Cast
Leonidas Milašauskas
Leonidas Milašauskas
Alius (novel «Living heroes»)
Leonidas Milašauskas
Alius (novel «Living heroes»)
Valentinas Taujanskas
Valentinas Taujanskas
Vikis (novel «Living heroes»)
Valentinas Taujanskas
Vikis (novel «Living heroes»)


Antanas Gabrėnas
Antanas Gabrėnas
Ryauba - kranininkas (novel «Living heroes»)
Antanas Gabrėnas
Ryauba - kranininkas (novel «Living heroes»)


Steponas Kosmauskas
Steponas Kosmauskas
skulptorius (novel «Living heroes»)
Steponas Kosmauskas
skulptorius (novel «Living heroes»)


Vladas Jurkūnas
Vladas Jurkūnas
pastininkas (novel «Living heroes»)
Vladas Jurkūnas
pastininkas (novel «Living heroes»)
Nerijus Narkis
Nerijus Narkis
Juozukas (novel «We don't need»)
Nerijus Narkis
Juozukas (novel «We don't need»)
Eduardas Čepulis
Eduardas Čepulis
Juozukas tevas (novel «We don't need»)
Eduardas Čepulis
Juozukas tevas (novel «We don't need»)


Regina Zdanavičiūtė
Regina Zdanavičiūtė
Juozukas mama (novel «We don't need»)
Regina Zdanavičiūtė
Juozukas mama (novel «We don't need»)


Kazimieras Vitkus
Kazimieras Vitkus
burzuazinis (novel «We don't need»)
Kazimieras Vitkus
burzuazinis (novel «We don't need»)
Nijolė Narijauskaitė
Nijolė Narijauskaitė
mokytojas (novel «We don't need»)
Nijolė Narijauskaitė
mokytojas (novel «We don't need»)
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