
Code of Tumas
History · Documentary
Overview
“Code of Tumas ” is an effort to show the well-known events and processes of history through the eyes of a direct person with a subjective and emotional look. Letters, publicism, all creations of Juozas Tumas Vaižgantas, also memories of his contemporaries make this reconstruction possible.
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Ramūnas Cicėnas
Ramūnas Cicėnas
Juozas Tumas Vaižgantas
Ramūnas Cicėnas
Juozas Tumas Vaižgantas


Rolandas Kazlas
Rolandas Kazlas
Petras Klimas
Rolandas Kazlas
Petras Klimas
Vytautas Nakutis
Vytautas Nakutis
Vytautas Nakutis
Alfas Pakėnas
Alfas Pakėnas
Alfas Pakėnas
Vytautas Ališauskas
Vytautas Ališauskas
Vytautas Ališauskas
Egidijus Aleksandravičius
Egidijus Aleksandravičius
Egidijus Aleksandravičius
Vaida Rimkutė
Vaida Rimkutė
Vaida Rimkutė
Sigita Švitrienė
Sigita Švitrienė
Sigita Švitrienė
Eglė Kerienė
Eglė Kerienė
Eglė Kerienė
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