'Purple Smoke' tells the complex story of Lithuanian Jew Jozef, partisan commander Vlad and their two beloved Janes.
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
A land surveyor marries a young woman, but she falls for a reckless machine-operator, while a local buffet worker harbors unrequited love for the surveyor, entangling the four isolated villagers in a web of passion and tragic despair.
Clyde Griffiths dreams of climbing the corporate ladder and making his way into the highest circles of society. In order to fulfill his most cherished dream, Clyde is ready for absolutely anything, he will not even stop before committing a terrible and ridiculous crime...
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 feeling of security... The residents of the Garden of Eden look upon this "global theatre of life" with tearful smiles and great wisdom.
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."
Two POWs - Russian and Lithuanian - are trying to escape a German Camp during WWII.
Veteran actors from the 3 Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - gather at a castle in Latvia to receive awards for their roles as Nazi villains in propagandist Soviet war films. They reminisce about the films that made them famous throughout the USSR, but also stigmatized the Baltic countries as Nazi sympathizers in the eyes of many Russians - a misconception that is nowadays exploited by the Russian media, desperate to label the Baltic countries as a fascist haven.
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 authorities to do so. Lack of sleep, loneliness, hunger and the persistence to serve his duty turn the young man into a ticking time bomb at the very wrong time. He must decide how far he can go guarding this suspect who is hated to death by everyone.
The peasant Juras Tarutis takes part in the struggle for independent Lithuania and in the election campaign for the Sejm, painfully experiencing the fascist coup in 1926. At first, he firmly believes in land reform and only after difficult trials, he become disillusioned with the reform and with the bourgeois system itself.
Monika, a middle-aged wealthy woman, goes through a marriage crisis with her younger husband Linas. A car accident leads Monika to meeting three young girls, Kristina, Egle and Gitana, who happen to be ex-prostitutes extradited from Germany. The lady and the girls settle down in a country mansion, to form a relationship that will change their lives forever
Vadim, an artist overwhelmed by his family life, borrows a friend's dacha for a creative retreat.
Rokas decides to take everything into his hands and starts new business project. Where love and money meets - there will be blood, that will paint coast red.
Maria returns to her former life after checking herself out of a rehabilitation clinic where she was being treated for panic attacks. To gain back her position as lead researcher and convince her family she is fine, she hides her breakdowns, which manifest themselves as crazy hallucinations. However, hiding her special condition while also competing for a neuroscience project and the love of her family proves to be more difficult than she’d thought.
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
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Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.
When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
Rimants is more interested in playing rugby, listening to music and dealing on the black market than studying for school, but when he falls in love with Monika, his faith in love and the future is tested.
A little boy and a story teller look into the microscope to find out that the world in a drop of a water looks like a real world, so they dive into it and meet different personalities, miracles and events.
Four school friends - Karolis the successful but cuckolded businessman, Šampūnas the womanizing ad director, Tankas the tough but lovesick officer, and Princas the struggling father of three - reunite at a class reunion and, determined to change their lives, wager on increasingly outrageous dares. From streaking naked through their office, military drills, a reunion with an ex, and even a kindergarten, to spending a whole day speaking only the truth, they push each other’s limits, testing not only their courage but the strength of their friendship.
Paris, 1955. Fraudster Georges de Valera, hiding from the police, with the help of a correspondent for the reactionary newspaper Sibilo, poses as Minister Dubov, who allegedly escaped from the Soviet Union. Sibilo's daughter explains to Georges the purpose of the planned action: to slander progressive journalists with the help of the false Dubov. De Valera, not wanting to become a participant in the provocation, goes into hiding. But instead they find another candidate for the role of Dubov...
The life of beautiful, irrepressible Christina starts falling apart when she learns that her husband Paulius has some unfinished business with dangerous men, stolen money and other women.
Following a fatal boating accident, in which one of his students dies, Gintaras, a champion yachtsman, swears off the sea, quits sailing and withdraws into himself.
It seems that in high school, Gedas, Edma, Arnas and Irma were an inseparable foursome of romantics who gathered on an old barge. Now they are no longer children, but they are not yet grown up.
Very dreamy boy who is also a young poet, met a fairy who gave him the ability to do good in PE (specifically high jumping) with a condition that he will not say lies; once he commits a smallest lie, his abilities are gone...
Robertas sees a drunk, cute woman standing too close to upcoming bus and pulls her back. Robertas develops a deep sense of responsibility for her which enables him to tolerate the girl's abuses.
A risk-averse man gets a great opportunity to invest other people's money in a profitable business.
When a tenacious tax inspector takes on another of her investigations, the success of which can guarantee a managerial post, a charming suspect on the road shuffles all the cards and recalls true values.
When Titus is not given a gift at his potential father-in-law's birthday party, his evasiveness is perceived by the girl's parents as a timid attempt to woo their daughter. Everything would be fine, but Tito, who is currently living in London, is waiting for his wife Marta in Lithuania. In order to get a secret divorce, Tito returns to Lithuania, but a meeting between Tito and Marta takes things in an unexpected direction.
