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Vytautas Žalakevičius (14 April 1930 – 12 November 1996) was a Soviet and Lithuanian film director and screenwriter. His 1973 film That Sweet Word: Liberty! won the Golden Prize at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. Vytautas Žalakevičius studied mathematics and engineering at Kaunas University for two years. From 1951 to 1956 he studied film directing under Mikheil Chiaureli and Grigori Aleksandrov at VGIK in Moscow. He shot to fame with his 1956 film Adam wants to be a man starring Donatas Banionis and his teacher, Juozas Miltinis. His best known film, Nobody Wanted to Die, starring Lithuanian and Latvian actors, brought him international recognition. From 1974 to 1980, Žalakevičius was a staff director at Mosfilm. However, his Moscow period was less productive, so he returned to Lithuania. Žalakevičius devoted himself to establishing an independent Lithuanian film industry, and still worked with an international cast of Lithuanian, Russian, and Latvian actors. He also taught directing and writing and worked for television.
Filmography
all 21
Movies 21
Director 14
Writer 7
Elze's Life (2000)
The Beast Rising from the Sea (1992)
Weekend in Hell (1987)
I'm Sorry (1982)
Fact (1981)
The Centaurs (1979)
The Accident (1975)
Saduto Tuto (1974)
Ave, Vita (1969)
Feelings (1968)
Nobody Wanted to Die (1965)
Living Heroes (1959)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1930-04-14
Deathday1996-11-12 (66 years old)
Birth PlaceKaunas, Lithuanian Republic
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Lithuania
Also Known AsВитаутас Жалакявичюс, Vitautas Zalakiavicius
AwardsUSSR State Prize, Order of the October Revolution, Commander of the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas, Lenin Komsomol Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Artist of the RSFSR
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