A story of an impish devil who used to be an angel but got tired of singing Hosannah and so was condemned to live on earth. From his home in a windmill, he pursues love and happiness in a hilarious and sometimes tragic turmoil that affects the whole countryside.
CLASSIC CINEMA SECTION
Velnio nuotaka
Classics O’Clock I, Tuesday, March 1st, 20:00
English title:
The Devil’s Bride
Original title:
Velnio nuotaka
Director:
Arūnas Žebriūnas
Country:
Lithuania
Genre:
Music, Fantasy
Year:
1974
Length:
78'
Dialogues:
yes
Subtitles:
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Cast:
Regimantas Adomaitis, Gediminas Girdvainis, Vaiva Mainelytė, Regina Varnaitė, Bronius Babkauskas, Vasilijus Simčičius, Juozas Meškauskas, Regina Arbačiauskaitė
A quote for the film:
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Selective list of festivals and awards:
Seville European Film Festival 2019
Directors’ bio:
One of the most prominent Lithuanian children’s filmmakers known as the first Lithuanian director who attempted to reveal a child’s inner world. Commenced his career in film in 1930 as an assistant to the art director. In 1955, A. Žebriūnas became the art director at the Lithuanian Film Studios. In 1960, he debuted as a film director turning the novel The Last Shot (Paskutinis šūvis) into the film THE LIVING HEROES (GYVIEJI DIDVRYIAIG). Later A. Žebriūnas trained under the well- known Russian film director Mikhail Romm in Moscow. One of the best known of his films – THE LAST DAY OF THE HOLIDAYS (PASKUTINE ASTOTOGU DIENA, 1964) – was awarded the All-Union Prize, the Silver Sails Prize at the Locarno Festival and the Grand Prize at the Juvenile Film Festival in Cannes.
