The Poet
Poetas
Release: 2022-11-17
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 8.0
Drama
History
War
A newly appointed teacher arrives at a remote village school in 1947. The famous journalist and distinguished poet was downgraded for illegal publications and forbidden anti-Soviet verses. Suspicious locals still prefer to test his loyalties, while children wilingly recite his verses from 'To My Soviet Motherland', written under pressure to prase Uncle Lenin. Eventually, an unforgotten friend shows him a secret wintery path to the Dainava resistance platoon's underground bunker.
Production Countries
Lithuania
Production Companies
A Propos
Cast
Dainius Gavenonis
as Tauras
Jevgenija Karpikova
as Svetlana
Ronaldas Buožis
as Partisan
Donatas Želvys
as Kostas
Jekaterina Makarova
as Aleksandra
Edita Gončarova
as Stribas' Wife
Gerda Čiuraitė
as Girl in the Restaurant
Martynas Nedzinskas
as Eduardas
Ramūnas Cicėnas
as Teacher
Diana Anevičiūtė-Valiušaitienė
as Teacher
Raimondas Klezys
as Partisan
Indrė Patkauskaitė
as Julė
Algirdas Dainavičius
as Groundskeeper
Domantas Starkauskas
as Partisan
Kirilas Glušajevas
as Stribas
Andrius Darela
as Lieutenant
Paulius Markevičius
as Partisan Voveris
Maksim Tuchvatulin
as Soviet colaborator Anatolijus
Vaidotas Martinaitis
as Teacher
Vidmantas Fijalkauskas
as Lieutenant-colonel
Saulius Ambrozaitis
as Partisan
Vidas Petkevicius
as School head-master
Arvydas Dapšys
as Kosta's neighbor
Emilija Latėnaitė-Beliauskienė
as Teacher
Crew
Uljana Kim
Producer
Andrius Blaževičius
Casting
Marija Kavtaradzė
Casting
Robertas Nevecka
First Assistant Director
Ramunė Rakauskaitė
Second Assistant Director
Austėja Urbaitė
Third Assistant Director
Vytautas Plukas
Director of Photography, Cinematography
Darius Šilėnas
Editor
Kristijonas Puipa
Production Manager
Giedrius Tamoševičius
Director, Writer
Vytautas V. Landsbergis
Director, Writer, Producer
Ugnė Šiaučiūnaitė
Casting
Eglė Mikalauskaitė
Makeup Designer