Janina Matiekonytė

Acting

Janina Matiekonytė

Born 1948-09-25 · Kupiškis, Lietuva

Acting credits

Defiance poster
6.8

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.

Defiance

2008

The Devil's Arithmetic poster
6.8

An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate her heritage when she has a supernatural experience that transports her back to a Nazi death camp in 1941. There she meets a young girl named Rivkah, a fellow captive in the camp. As Rivkah and Hannah struggle to survive in the face of daily atrocities, they form an unbreakable bond.

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999

No artwork available
NR

A play based on V. Eliseeva's novel "And It Was Like This..."

The Square

1980

Poison poster
NR

Elzė returns to Lithuania from Switzerland for a vacation. She rents a cozy farmhouse in a remote village, hoping to find peace and inspiration for her painting. However, the idyllic peace is disturbed by Nojus. Their budding friendship soon sparks passion, and their love is intertwined with desire, longing, and fear. Elzė's past haunts her—she is being pursued by her ex-boyfriend. Will these two passion-driven people be able to overcome the shadows of the past and simply love each other?

Poison

2026

Amazons and Gladiators poster
3.2

During the Roman Empire, General Crassius ruled a small province with an Iron fist. Serena, a young girl in a village, watches Crassius kill her parents. Crassius and Serena's destiny would lead them to the Gladiator ring; the Amazons Warrior vs the Roman General.

Amazons and Gladiators

2001

Vilkolakio pedsakai poster
9.0

Alyoshin, a Soviet journalist working in Argentina, witnessed the kidnapping of photo correspondent.

Vilkolakio pedsakai

1987

Adventures of Kalle the Detective poster
6.2

The story is about a boy named Kalle Blomkvist who with his friends solves crimes and also plays the battle between the red rose and the white rose with his rival friends

Adventures of Kalle the Detective

1976

Condemned. Kaunas Novel poster
6.9

Based on true story of four friends who decided to take over the city. Giedrius is released after serving a long 12 year sentence for unlawful conduct he did with his friends while being a child.

Condemned. Kaunas Novel

2019

When You Wake Up poster
9.5

The singer called Punk is no longer of much interest to anyone. After his brush with fame, it only took a few years of drugs and alcohol to reach rock bottom. After yet another small town concert, Punk ends up spending the night backstage, drunk and alone. When he opens his eyes in the morning, he sees a little girl, who introduces herself as his daughter. Two lost souls set out on a trip together – a trip which will not only change their lives, but will also bring them together to appreciate the joy it brings.

When You Wake Up

2014

Lobis. Unknown Trasures poster
7.0

Austeja's parents get a job opportunity they do not want to say no to, and send their daughter to the country with the grandparents together with another child, Martynas. The children are bored at first, but they quickly discover that their stay in the country is anything but boring.

Lobis. Unknown Trasures

2022

Bučiuoju, Juozas poster
NR

A film about Juozas Vitkus - Kazimieraitis. “I will not leave my land - not a single step!” declares Juozas Vitkus-Kazimieraitis, Lieutenant Colonel and senior officer of the Lithuanian Army, when offered a comfortable life in the U.S. In 1945, he led armed resistance against Soviet terror in southern Lithuania, gathering thousands of men into the forest and organizing their fight according to army statutes and military principles. Over the next decade, his codified doctrine guided the partisans - and later Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas - until 1956. This biographical drama, chronicles the life and legacy of Lithuania’s extraordinary freedom fighter.

Bučiuoju, Juozas

2023

No artwork available
9.0

6 years old Milda's parents have emigrated. One day, a strange woman convinces the girl that her parents have been kidnapped by the very Queen of England. The girl decides to head for the biggest rescue mission of her life.

The Queen of England Stole My Parents

2014

I'm Alive poster
4.5

Forty year old Tomas Papartis is a regular guy, who lives a regular life. One day due to system failure he is declared dead. His bank card doesn't work anymore, his apartment is sold to the government, as if he had ceased to exist. Here stars Tomas's battle to prove- he's alive!

I'm Alive

2023