Forest of the Gods
Forest of the Gods (Lithuanian: Dievų miškas) is a 2005 film, directed by Algimantas Puipa, based on the Balys Sruoga novel of the same name, published originally in 1957.
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| Directed by | Algimantas Puipa |
| Produced by | Robertas Urbonas |
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| Based on | Forest of the Gods by Balys Sruoga |
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| Music by | Kipras Masanauskas |
| Cinematography | Algimantas Mikutenas |
| Edited by | John Grover |
| Distributed by | Garsų pasaulio įrašai |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Lithuania United Kingdom |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Budget | €1,700,000 EUR(est.) |
Plot
This story is about one man — who is an artist and an intellectual — he was imprisoned by two brutal regimes, the Nazis and the Soviets. 'The Professor' is a man who lives by his own personal version of the Ten Commandments. After miraculously surviving imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a bit of ironic fate, he writes a memoir of his life, which becomes the target of the Soviet censors. The so-called "freedom" of Communism becomes just as oppressive as the German concentration camp.
Criticism
The 98-year-old Vladislovas Telksnys, the only Lithuanian survivor of the Stutthof concentration camp in 2013, referred to the movie as "a piece of nonsense". In particular he referred to the scene depicting a Gestapo officer marching and a woman with an umbrella following behind. According to Telksnys, "there were no such things".[1]
References
- 98-year-old Vladislovas Telksnys, the only living survivor of Stutthof concentration camp: "I went through hell". 15 min, 5 May 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2013.