An Attempt to Find Out

Almantas Grikevičius (1935-2011) – Lithuanian film director. He educated in the Institute of Cinematography. He started his creative career in Lithuania with his notable documentary films Tales of the Sun (1964, about Lithuanian stained glass), Three bars (1966, about conductor Aleksa), Time Walks Through the City (1966), in which Grikevičius uses the distinctly original, poetical speech and without secret allusions talks about the nation’s destiny, about the relationship between human being and time. All these films were awarded at the international festivals (in Cork, Tours) and those of Soviet Union. In 1968, he, together with Algirdas Dausa, produced his first feature film Feelings, which, according to the critics, is the best of all Lithuanian films. But then it did not reached the Soviet screen. Nor did another Grikevičius’ film Sadūto tūto (1974), where spirits of artists’ clan were shown too overtly for the Soviet period. Wishing to prove himself in the right and to create films further, Grikevičius had to produce an enormous film version of Avyþius’ novel The Lost Home about German occupation (1976, prize at All-Union Festival). —culture.lt