Archive of films Dreams of the Centenarians / Šimtamečių godos
Lithuania
1969, 17 min
Section:
Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary
Year: 2018
Ironically, The Dreams of the Centenarians was submitted as a feature for the centenary of Lenin’s birth. It was the simplest way to secure authorization to film old Lithuanian people (some of whom were actually a hundred years old). The filmmaker also satisfied the Soviet censors’ requirement to focus on working-class people.
Synopsis
Ironically, The Dreams of the Centenarians was submitted as a feature for the centenary of Lenin’s birth. It was the simplest way to secure authorization to film old Lithuanian people (some of whom were actually a hundred years old). The filmmaker also satisfied the Soviet censors’ requirement to focus on working-class people rather than the intelligentsia – the centenarians of the film are indeed ordinary country people. Still, ideologically-minded critics of the time objected to the film’s choice of “unsightly” subjects (a transgression against the USSR’s cult of youth and fitness) and “lack of optimism.”
Elena Jasiūnaitė
About the director
Robertas Verba (1932-1994). Selected filmography: The Old Man and the Land (Senis ir Žemė, 1965), Vincas Svirskis (1967), Čiūtyta rūta (1968), The Dreams of the Centenarians (Šimtamečių godos, 1969), To the Feast (Šventėn, 1970), Love Bloomed on Sunday (Meilė pražydo sekmadienį, 1976), Wings of Lituanica (Lituanikos sparnai, 1983)
Contacts
Lithuanian Film Centre
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Lithuania
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About the film
Black & white, DCP
Section: | Reflections of Time: Baltic Poetic Documentary |
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Director: | Robertas Verba |
Screenplay: | Albinas Šukelis, Robertas Verba |
Dir. of Photography: | Robertas Verba, Algirdas Tarvydas |
Music: | Algimantas Apanavičius |
Editor: | Rimtautas Šilinis |
Production: | Lithuanian Film Studio |
Sales: | Lithuanian Film Centre |
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