The Book Smuggler

Mar 19, 2011

0h 37m

★ 6.9

Overview

Colorful life of 19th century Lithuanian country side, is what Jurgis experiences when he meets a book smuggler.

Genres

Adventure

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Cast

Jurgis

Laisvūnas Raudonis

Mažvydas

Valerijus Jevsejevas

Vyskupas Valančius

Vytautas Kupšys

Žandarų vadas

Mindaugas Papinigis

Žandaras

Valentinas Krulikovskis

Žandaras

Artūras Aleksejevas

Vadeliotojas

Donatas Šimukauskas

Daraktorius

Algirdas Dainavičius

Pirmosios tavernos šeimininkas

Bronius Kindurys

Pirmosios tavernos berniukas

Matas Kukšta

Kaimo muzikantas

Vitalis Purlys

Kaimo muzikantas

Laimutis Vydžiūnas

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