Owl Mountain (2018)

Original title

Pelėdų kalnas

Directed by

Audrius Juzėnas

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Lithuania

Runtime

2h 08m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in Lithuania from 1947 to 1953, the film follows young people from wealthy Kaunas families as they face war and Soviet occupation. They must decide whether to emigrate, join the partisan resistance, or adapt to life under Soviet rule.

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What happens

Owl Mountain (Pelėdų kalnas) is a 2017 Lithuanian historical drama feature film directed by Audrius Juzėnas. The film portrays political and historical events between 1947-1953 in Lithuania, when the Lithuanian population conducted guerrilla warfare against the Soviet authorities that occupied the country in an attempt to gain independence. The Soviet authorities reacted to the Lithuanian partisans by arresting and deporting several to Siberia, whilst killing others. The film shows the lives of some young people from wealthy Kaunas families, from their studies in an independent Lithuania before going through war and occupation. They were forced to choose to emigrate from Lithuania, to join partisans in resisting the Soviets or to adapt. The film was supported by Lithuanian movies center and released on a symbolic date – February 16, 2018 - for the 100th anniversary of the Act of Independence of Lithuania. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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