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Adam Wants to Be a Man (1959)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 23M

Director : Vytautas Žalakevičius

Synopsis

In a pre-WWII Lithuanian town, occupied with unemployed workers and crooks of various kinds, lives Adam, a naive young man with no job and a lot of dreams. His closest friend is the Captain, an old sea wolf with many tales to tell about Singapore, Hawaii and other equally exotic and sunny places. Inspired by his stories, Adam manages to get a job in an emigration bureau and starts saving for his ticket to leave abroad.

Actors

Vitalijus Puodžiukaitis
Vitalijus Puodžiukaitis
Adam
Audrone Bajerciute
Audrone Bajerciute
Liuce
Stasys Petronaitis
Stasys Petronaitis
Petras
Juozas Miltinis
Juozas Miltinis
Captain
Valerijonas Derkintis
Valerijonas Derkintis
Petras' father
Vaclovas Blėdis
Vaclovas Blėdis
«Amerikonas»
Donatas Banionis
Donatas Banionis
Dausa
Dana Rutkutė
Dana Rutkutė
Blondinė
Janina Rudzinskaitė
Janina Rudzinskaitė
Liucės teta
Bronius Babkauskas
Bronius Babkauskas
«Tipas»
Algimantas Masiulis
Algimantas Masiulis
Kelneris
Vaclovas Muraška
Vaclovas Muraška
Valstietis

Crews

Vytautas Žalakevičius
Vytautas Žalakevičius
Director
Šlaumė Berelovičius
Šlaumė Berelovičius
Producer
Vytautas Žalakevičius
Vytautas Žalakevičius
Writer
Vytautas Sirijos Gira
Vytautas Sirijos Gira
Writer
Algimantas Mockus
Algimantas Mockus
Cinematography
Eduardas Balsys
Eduardas Balsys
Compositors
Viktorija Bimbaitė
Viktorija Bimbaitė
Costume Design
Algirdas Ničius
Algirdas Ničius
Production Design

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