Vytautas Paukste

Kings' Shift (2016)

A rookie policeman is left alone in a private clinic to guard a comatose suspect of World War II crimes. His shift is long over, yet nobody comes to replace him. However, the youngster is determined not to leave his post until he gets permission from his a ...

Garden of Eden (2015)

Lithuania in the near future. The land is full of rich immigrants. Rich Lithuanians that were scattered throughout the world return to Lithuania to spend their golden years in luxurious nursing homes; and the laws that govern life and death provide a feeli ...

Hard to Be a God (2014)

A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can the ...

Kelias į Damaską (2007)

The Last Night of Socrates (1995)

The doomed ancient Greek philosopher Socrates on the last night of his life. ...

And He Bid You Farewell (1993)

Film based on Eduardas Cinzas novel Moris Bred's Notes. After car crash Marius finds himself in the pension house, together with it\s weird inhabitants. Marius recovers his memory but he cannot return to his previous life. ...

Mažvydas (1993)

Shepherd of Žemaitsi (1993)

Teleplay about the personality and activities of Motiejas Valančiaus, a bishop of Žemaitsi and the problems of the Lithuanian nation in the 19th century. ...

Death Behind the Scenes (1992)

A group of emigrant actors stage "War and Peace" at the Stockholm theater... ...

Jazz (1992)

Lithuania, 1968. After serving in the Soviet Army, Lukas comes back from Prague to his friends: Andrius, a state prosecutor's son, Julius, an unsuccessful artist, and Beatrice, who is attractive to all of her friends in her purity. ...

Mystery (1992)

Private detective Sam Patrick (alias for Lew Archer) investigates the mystery of disappeared jewel-box in house of Garry Shtemmer. Trail of murders makes this case more and more embarrassed. Based on the novel "The Goodbye Look" by Ross Macdonald. ...

The Austrian Field (1991)

About the incompleteness and insufficiency of the simplest senses: touch, sight, hearing. In cinema, this view traditionally denotes a collision between the authentic and the illusory. Truths and imaginary things are given in the film as images of feelings ...

Kremlin secrets of the XVI century (1991)

Spring of 1584. The Magi predict the death of King John within 24 hours. Warring boyars are rebelling and are ready to unite against Boris Godunov. The royal court is in turmoil. The already unstable moral principles become completely unbridled. Moscow is ...

Perfect Crime (1990)

The manufacturer lance Gerero on the basis of irrefutable evidence accused of killing a girl. ...

Sename dvare (1990)

Kerosene Salesman's Wife (1989)

A fatal surgical mistake involving the wrong blood type splits the lives of twin brothers. One, the guilt-ridden surgeon, embraces anonymity as a kerosene salesman, while his sibling ascends to become the powerful Chairman of the City Council. When a gover ...

Decease (1989)

The life story of two fellow villagers in the period 1920–50s. ...

Time of the Full Moon (1988)

In 16th century Lithuania, where the plague is raging, a fanatical Jesuit comes to eradicate paganism. The fanatic begins his activity, entering into a struggle with everything that he considers a pagan deviation from the true faith. Especially he is alarm ...

Weekend in Hell (1987)

Two POWs - Russian and Lithuanian - are trying to escape a German Camp during WWII. ...

American Artichokes (1987)

he fascinating adventures of two mischievous boys Misha Kozlov and Kolya Sinitsyn. ...

All Against One (1987)

A wealthy businessman, Meredith Borden, is murdered. Two innocent people fall under suspicion – Borden's secretary's wife and a building contractor. Lawyer Jerry Jackson is convinced of their innocence and takes on their defense, fully aware that by doin ...

Benjaminas Kordušas (1986)

The film tells about the life of the Lithuanian landed nobility in the period between the two wars, about the desire to live their old life. But new times dictate new conditions, new values ​​emerge, and loyalty to old ideals is doomed... ...

The Mercedes Man File (1986)

A professional intelligence officer Ingmar Ross, an employee of one of the embassies, is tasked with recruiting a specialist from a Moscow classified company. ...

Snow in July (1985)

The plot is based on a conflict situation that arose during the delivery of a new building. ...

A Simple Death (1985)

When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly introspective and e ...

Electronic Granny (1985)

Agata is badly ill and nobody knows how to cure her. No doctor can help. Friends of Agata learn, that she is ill, because all children have Grannies but Agata does not. They go to the shop "Electronic Granny" and beg the dealer to sell them one Electronic ...

My Little Wife (1984)

A sad story about love between Linas and Ruta - two young students in Vilnius. ...

Jonah, or the Artist at Work (1984)

A painter lives with his wife and four children in a studio. Due to creative frustrations and the irritation of admirers and hangers-on he becomes increasingly reclusive, finally sealing himself away in the attic. Based on an Albert Camus story. ...

A Woman and Her Four Men (1983)

An epic tale set at the turn of the 20th century in a struggling fishing community, following the life of a woman widowed at the beginning of the film. ...

A Theme with Variations (1983)

About the feelings and responsibilities of people, about the attitude towards life of the older and younger generations. About the conflict between Dmitry Nikolaevich, who lived in dreams and letters and respect for the woman he met, and Igor Mikhailovich, ...

A Horse Thief's Daughter (1982)

A movie based on the stories by Antanas Vienuolis. ...

Journey to Paradise (1981)

The rich widow Marta Anker, owner of a renowned trading company, loves the poor fisherman Ansą Balčiai. The locals keep the ongoings under close watch. ...

The Devil's Seed (1979)

In the Lithuanian village of Lietuvos, a farmer brings his sheltered nephew, Joni, to the rich Bani. By biting the prospective host's hand, the teenager gains the nickname of "the devil's seed. ...

I'll Not Become a Gangster, Dear (1978)

A criminal story based on the novels by O. Henry. ...

The Face in the Target (1978)

A classic mystery based on "The Face in the Target" story by G.K. Chesterton. ...

Adventures of Kalle the Detective (1976)

The story is about a boy named Kalle Blomkvist who with his friends solves crimes and also plays the battle between the red rose and the white rose with his rival friends ...

...And Other Officials (1976)

The plot structure of the film is based on a commonplace situation from the practice of foreign trade organizations - the conclusion of a trade agreement with a foreign company. ...

Salty Dog (1974)

A dog survives a bad master and finds a good one - a sailor from a Soviet ship. ...

Nightbird (1974)

In his dreams little Tomas escapes from his every day live to experience a lot of thrilling and exciting adventures. ...

The Broken Horseshoe (1973)

Based on the novel by Jules Verne "Drama in Livonia". French aeronaut Jules Ardan, traveling in a hot air balloon, accidentally finds himself in Reval. Here he meets Dr. Peterson and his daughter Leida. The gendarmes are hunting for Leida's fiance. The ban ...

Landing (1973)

Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Rein, but the long separations have tortured her. It seems to her that the man cares more about his work than about her. Rein really loves his work, but his wife just as passionately. He does not understand how ...

Northern Crusades (1972)

Historical epic about the uprising of the Prussians agains the Teutonic crusaders. ...

All Truth About Columbus (1970)

The film is about the Colombian revolution, about the revolutionaries Pablo and Pedro, the bearers of freedom and the victims of this freedom, about the philosophy of the struggle for freedom. ...

Ave, Vita (1969)

A survivor of a Nazi concentration camp returns to his life in Lithuania and attempts to reunite with his former comrades years after the war ended. He struggles to bridge the gap between his horrific memories of the Holocaust and the mundane reality of hi ...

Feelings (1968)

When a widowed fisherman moves in with his brother and sister-in-law to escape the collapsing Nazi forces, he finds himself caught up, like Lithuania itself, in perilous questions of collaboration and occupation, resistance and escape. ...