Antanas Šurna

Acting

Antanas Šurna

Born — Died

1940-03-27 — 2014-05-19

Known for

Acting

Credits

32 titles

Antanas Šurna (27 March 1939 – 19 May 2014) was a Lithuanian stage and movie actor. He has appeared in over 100 movies and 50 plays. He is thought to be one of the most successful actors in Lithuania. His career began during the late 1960s. He won many awards during his 40-year career. Šurna died suddenly from cardiac arrest in Vilnius, Lithuania, aged 75.

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 9 titles

Journey to Paradise poster
6.3

The rich widow Marta Anker, owner of a renowned trading company, loves the poor fisherman Ansą Balčiai. The locals keep the ongoings under close watch.

Journey to Paradise

1981

A Woman and Her Four Men poster
6.0

An epic tale set at the turn of the 20th century in a struggling fishing community, following the life of a woman widowed at the beginning of the film.

A Woman and Her Four Men

1983

Little Sins poster
NR

Based on the novel of the same name by Raimondas Kašauskas, about a strange man who is restless, who wants to live differently from everyone else, to play life.

Little Sins

1980

Raindrops poster
NR

The film is based on the novel of the same name by P. Kuusberg and tells about the fate of former classmates, high school students, during the Second World War and in the post-war period.

Raindrops

1981

Matches From 9 to 9 poster
NR

The main conflict is developing between the young talented scientist Romas Špokas and Karolis Budrys, who, by hook or by crook, is trying to occupy the chair of director of a research institute, organized for the widespread development of work on the implementation of Špokas’ promising scientific idea.

Matches From 9 to 9

1980

Benjaminas Kordušas poster
NR

The film tells about the life of the Lithuanian landed nobility in the period between the two wars, about the desire to live their old life. But new times dictate new conditions, new values ​​emerge, and loyalty to old ideals is doomed...

Benjaminas Kordušas

1986

Lumberjacks poster
NR

About the everyday life of lumberjacks who seek solace in vodka, which becomes the cause of many troubles and misfortunes. But the old lumberjacks have their own philosophy and their own outlook on life....

Lumberjacks

1982

State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind poster
8.6

A group of saboteurs was sent into Estonia in 1959. This group included a local resident who also has his own personal goal: to find the daughter he lost at the end of the war while fleeing abroad.

State Border: Vol. 7. Salty Wind

1988

Pirosmani, Pirosmani... poster
NR

About the last days of the great Niko Pirosmanishvili, who died alone. And his only interlocutors were the heroes of the paintings...

Pirosmani, Pirosmani...

1987

1970s · 12 titles

Walnut Bread poster
6.7

In rural postwar Lithuania, the Šatai and Kaminskai families live beside each other. A cow sold to the Kaminskai dies, creating enmity between the families. Andrius Šatas and Liuka Kaminskaitė grow up together and fall in love.

Walnut Bread

1977

Wounds of Our Land poster
NR

Tragic pages in the history of the formation of the independent Lithuanian state in 1918-20.

Wounds of Our Land

1971

Fire poster
6.5

A story about an events occurred in Belarus in 1944 during the WWII.

Fire

1975

Men Summer poster
9.0

This historical detective story portrays a dramatic life situation in post-war Lithuania. After the Soviets occupied Lithuania, many young men took up arms and went to the woods to resist.

Men Summer

1970

I'll Not Become a Gangster, Dear poster
8.0

A criminal story based on the novels by O. Henry.

I'll Not Become a Gangster, Dear

1978

The Day of Retribution poster
NR

Lithuania in the 19th century: While the first railway-road is built from Warsaw to Moscow throughout the country people are still facing slavery and oppression from the elite. A fight between the Robin-Hood-like gang leader Laurynas and the greedy landowner Laurnyas emerges.

The Day of Retribution

1977

Lost Farmland poster
NR

The film covers the events in Lithuania in 1940-1945 and tells about the life of the Lithuanian intelligentsia. The characters are placed in crisis situations, when the problem of choosing a path, the problem of social and historical self-determination of the fate of the people and each person inevitably arises.

Lost Farmland

1976

Smoke and Shorty poster
4.8

A musical movie based on Jack London novels.

Smoke and Shorty

1975

Northern Crusades poster
5.6

Historical epic about the uprising of the Prussians agains the Teutonic crusaders.

Northern Crusades

1972

Music poster
NR

Based on M.Diuras' play.

Music

1978

Shattered Sky poster
9.0

A son returns to his parents in Lithuania after years of traveling over all USSR and brings with him his Ukrainian wife.

Shattered Sky

1975

Incident with a Typesetter poster
NR

The first part of "Provincial Anecdotes".

Incident with a Typesetter

1975

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