FILM DIRECTOR

Vytautas Žalakevičius

1930 - 1996

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Vytautas Žalakevičius (14 April 1930 – 12 November 1996) was a Soviet and Lithuanian film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vytautas Žalakevičius has received more than 25,476 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Vytautas Žalakevičius is the 1,166th most popular film director, the 166th most popular biography from Lithuania and the most popular Lithuanian Film Director.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

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  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vytautas Žalakevičius ranks 1,166 out of 2,041. Before him are Abderrahmane Sissako, David R. Ellis, Laurent Cantet, Liviu Ciulei, Fridrikh Ermler, and Marc Caro. After him are Stefan Ruzowitzky, Aleksandr Adabashyan, Richard Rush, John Musker, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Lone Scherfig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Vytautas Žalakevičius ranks 443. Before him are Carmelo Cedrún, Michael J. Adams, Ramón Alberto Villaverde, Renato Ruggiero, Catherine Hardy Lavender, and Kjell Espmark. After him are Rolf Harris, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Jacqueline du Bief, Patricia Jones, Prawitz Öberg, and Burt Kwouk. Among people deceased in 1996, Vytautas Žalakevičius ranks 262. Before him are Ludovico Avio, Gesualdo Bufalino, Raymond Salles, Osvaldo Velloso de Barros, Bob Shaw, and Li Han-hsiang. After him are Don McNeill, Sándor Gellér, Joe Seneca, José dos Santos Lopes, Gino Bramieri, and McLean Stevenson.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Vytautas Žalakevičius ranks 166 out of 328. Before him are Valdemaras Chomičius (1959), Mikalojus Daukša (1527), Mykolas Biržiška (1882), Saulius Skvernelis (1970), Isaak Kikoin (1908), and Georgy Ivanov (1894). After him are Vladas Mironas (1880), Stasys Girėnas (1893), Vasily Kachalov (1875), Bronius Kutavičius (1932), Juozas Budraitis (1940), and Arminas Narbekovas (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Lithuania

Among film directors born in Lithuania, Vytautas Žalakevičius ranks 1. After him are Abram Room (1894), Šarūnas Bartas (1964), and Mantas Kvedaravičius (1976).

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Filmography

Nobody Wanted to Die
Director
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.
Apr 18th 19665.5 / 10
Feelings
Director
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.
Dec 28th 19685.8 / 10
That Sweet Word: Liberty!
Director
In an unnamed Latin American country after a coup d'état, a military junta comes to power. The army deployed to the streets, the civilian population is exposed to hard terror. A wave of arrests follows, some former senators - liberals and communists - are sent to prison. Some patriots that have gone underground try to figure a plan for their release. They buy a small shop opposite the prison in the name of Francisco and Maria Vardes. From its basement they plan to build a 90-meter tunnel. Three years of enormous effort, deaths and nervous breakdowns are not spent in vain.
Nov 20th 19724.4 / 10