Directing
Late 19th century England. Relatives and guests gather at the country house of retired Colonel Houp. From London, where she lives as a "live-in" (her husband has left the country for a long time), comes the still young Molly Gwyn, followed by Morris Lever, the object of a flirtation that risks turning into an affair.
The family breaks up. The boy Jonukas feels very lonely. He wants to find his mother himself. The search is long and difficult.
A scrap metal collection drive is taking place at a school in Vilnius. This ambition, the same characters, the same place of action link all three novellas of "Merry Stories" - jokes, anecdotes.
Based on the novel by the famous Lithuanian writer A. Gudaitis-Guzevičius “The Truth of Blacksmith Ignotas” about the revolutionary events of 1918-1919. in Lithuania, about the struggle of workers for Soviet power, for the freedom of their homeland.
A father and son compete for the affections of a young widow.
Lithuania in the 19th century: While the first railway-road is built from Warsaw to Moscow throughout the country people are still facing slavery and oppression from the elite. A fight between the Robin-Hood-like gang leader Laurynas and the greedy landowner Laurnyas emerges.
A film about a great folk talent, Vincas Svirskis (1835-1916), a carpenter who traveled from village to village. His shelter, his family, his property was replaced by oak sculptures, crosses, his image left, people forgot his tomb, but his works remain - a monument to the master...
