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Adam Wants to Be a Man

Original title: Adomas nori buti zmogumi
  • 1959
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Vitalijus Puodziukaitis in Adam Wants to Be a Man (1959)
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In a pre-WWII Lithuanian town, occupied with unemployed workers and crooks of various kinds, lives Adam, a naive young man with no job and a lot of dreams. His closest friend is the Captain,... Read allIn a pre-WWII Lithuanian town, occupied with unemployed workers and crooks of various kinds, lives Adam, a naive young man with no job and a lot of dreams. His closest friend is the Captain, an old sea wolf with many tales to tell about Singapore, Hawaii and other equally exotic ... Read allIn a pre-WWII Lithuanian town, occupied with unemployed workers and crooks of various kinds, lives Adam, a naive young man with no job and a lot of dreams. His closest friend is the Captain, an old sea wolf with many tales to tell about Singapore, Hawaii and other equally exotic and sunny places. Inspired by his stories, Adam manages to get a job in an emigration bure... Read all

  • Director
    • Vytautas Zalakevicius
  • Writers
    • Vytautas Sirijos-Gira
    • Vytautas Zalakevicius
  • Stars
    • Vitalijus Puodziukaitis
    • Audrone Bajerciute
    • Stasis Petronaitis
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    145
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Vytautas Zalakevicius
    • Writers
      • Vytautas Sirijos-Gira
      • Vytautas Zalakevicius
    • Stars
      • Vitalijus Puodziukaitis
      • Audrone Bajerciute
      • Stasis Petronaitis
    • 1Critic review
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    Vitalijus Puodziukaitis
    • Adomas
    • (as V. Poudziukaitis)
    Audrone Bajerciute
    • Liuce
    • (as A. Bajerciute)
    Stasis Petronaitis
    Stasis Petronaitis
    • Petras
    • (as S. Petronaitis)
    Juozas Miltinis
    • Kapitonas
    • (as J. Miltinis)
    Vaclovas Bledis
    • Amerikanos
    • (as V. Bledis)
    Donatas Banionis
    Donatas Banionis
    • Dausa
    • (as D. Banionis)
    Dana Rutkute
    • Blondine
    • (as D. Rutkute)
    Janina Rudzinskaite
    • Liuces teta
    • (as J. Rudzinskaite)
    Bronius Babkauskas
    Bronius Babkauskas
    • 'Tipas'
    • (as B. Babkauskas)
    Algimantas Masiulis
    Algimantas Masiulis
    • Kelneris
    • (as A. Masiulis)
    Valerijonas Derkintis
    • Petro tevas
    • (as V. Derkintis)
    Vaclovas Muraska
    • Valstietis
    • (as V. Muraska)
    A. Atkociunas
    Algimantas Kundelis
    Algimantas Kundelis
      Vlada Mikstaite-Mazuliene
      • Singer
      • (as V. Mikstaite)
      Romualdas Tumpa
      • Policeman
      • (as R. Tumpa)
      Viktorija Vadopolaite
      • Secretary
      • (as V. Vadopolaite)
      T. Velyaminova
      • Director
        • Vytautas Zalakevicius
      • Writers
        • Vytautas Sirijos-Gira
        • Vytautas Zalakevicius
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      • Release date
        • March 6, 1960 (Soviet Union)
      • Country of origin
        • Soviet Union
      • Language
        • Lithuanian
      • Also known as
        • Adam Becomes a Man
      • Filming locations
        • Kaunas, Lithuania
      • Production company
        • Lietuvos Kinostudija
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 23 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono

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