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55% Critic Match
Nobody Wanted to Die
5.5 / 10• 1966• 1h 47m•NR• Lithuanian
DramaActionHistoryWar
Storyline
The film is set in Lithuania after the Second World War. It shows dramatic events in a small Lithuanian farming community, where people are split between the Soviets and the "brothers in the woods", who are fighting to defend their land from the Soviets after the end of the Second World War.
Cast & Crew
Kazimieras Vitkus
Lokys
Lead
Regimantas Adomaitis
Donatas
Bruno O'Ya
Bronius
Juozas Budraitis
Jonas
Algimantas Masiulis
Mykolas
Donatas Banionis
Vaitkus
Vija Artmane
Ona
Eugenija Šulgaitė
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Vytautas Žalakevičius's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Nobody Wanted to Die is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
