The Turn

May 9, 1968

1h 16m

★ 0.0

Overview

Lithuanian schoolchildren were driving home, returning from an excursion. Not far from Minsk, the bus came under bombing. The war caught the boys far from home, by surprise. A turn in their destinies, knowledge of the harshest sides of existence... And the heroes are only thirteen years old.

Genres

War

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Lithuanian Film Studio

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Cast

leitenantas Dubrovinas

Leonid Nevedomsky

mokytojas lietuvis

Steponas Kosmauskas

seržantas Andrejus

Sergey Dreyden

Valia

Valentina Nikolayenko

autobuso vairuotojas

Vytautas Tomkus

Rimas

Saulius Liauksminas

Vladas

Algis Kligys

Andrius

Stasys Petrauskas

Teodoras

Linas Krisciunas

Vytas

Aleksandras Kavoliūnas

Birutė

Birutė Kazlauskaitė

Danutė

Danutė Kazlauskaitė

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