Algirdas Lapėnas

A five part mini-series based on the novel by the same name.

Evolving grim drama of love and wealth. The action takes you to the pre-war and shows the different social strata in rural life, everyday life, passions.

The film covers the events in Lithuania in 1940-1945 and tells about the life of the Lithuanian intelligentsia. The characters are placed in crisis situations, when the problem of choosing a path, the problem of social and historical self-determination of the fate of the people and each person inevitably arises.

The Grand Duke of Lithuania Skirgaila locks up the Duchess of Lida Ona Duonute in his castle and forces her to marry him.

Teleplay based on Justino Marcinkeviciaus' play.

Two stories about the relationships between the peasants and the noblemen in a Lithuanian village during the period of feudalism.