Arūnas Žebriūnas

Directing

Arūnas Žebriūnas

Born — Died

1930-08-08 — 2013-09-09

Place of birth

Kaunasб Kaunas, Lithuania

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

Arūnas Žebriūnas (8 August 1930 — 9 September 2013) was a Lithuanian film director. The son of a military officer and grew up excelling in basketball and rowing. In 1955, Žebriūnas graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a degree in Architecture and joined the Lithuanian Film Studio. He made his directorial debut in 1959, directing the chapter ‘The Last Shot’ from The Living Heroes. His 1964 film The Girl and the Echo won the Majority’s Silver Sail award at Locarno Film Festival. In 1999, Žebriūnas directed his final film, Lietuvos prisikėlimas, with Aloyzas Jančoras. This documentary presents the history of Lithuania’s independence movement Sąjūdis, of which Žebriūnas himself was …

Known for

Behind the camera

The Girl and the Echo poster
6.0

Vika is staying for the last day at her fisherman grandfather's. Today, her father should come but she doesn't want to leave. In the morning, her grandfather goes to sea to check the nets and Vika wanders along the beach and talks with her rocks-friends. The pensive girl creates a special world of relationships with people and nature.

The Girl and the Echo

1964

The Girl and the Echo poster
6.0

Vika is staying for the last day at her fisherman grandfather's. Today, her father should come but she doesn't want to leave. In the morning, her grandfather goes to sea to check the nets and Vika wanders along the beach and talks with her rocks-friends. The pensive girl creates a special world of relationships with people and nature.

The Girl and the Echo

1964

The Beauty poster
6.4

Little Inga considers herself pretty and is pampered by her mother and other children in her housing block, until a new boy with questionable habits arrives and calls her ugly to her face.

The Beauty

1969

The Devil's Bride poster
6.4

A former angel tires of singing Hosannah, and is now an impish devil 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.

The Devil's Bride

1974

Living Heroes poster
4.9

Four different stories about young kids' destinies in different time periods in Lithuania.

Living Heroes

1960

The Little Prince poster
5.6

After a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, he befriends a young prince from outer space; the friendship conjures up stories of journeys through the solar system for the stranded aviator.

The Little Prince

1966

The Little Prince poster
5.6

After a pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert, he befriends a young prince from outer space; the friendship conjures up stories of journeys through the solar system for the stranded aviator.

The Little Prince

1966

Nightbird poster
6.5

In his dreams little Tomas escapes from his every day live to experience a lot of thrilling and exciting adventures.

Nightbird

1974

Rich Man, Poor Man... poster
4.8

An examination of the trials and tribulations of the Jordache family, from the period following World War II to the late 1960s.

Rich Man, Poor Man...

1982

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

Kanonada poster
NR

A lithuanian village just after the end of the second World War: Neither German nor Russian its inhabitants must, despite their wounds, find new craft to dream of a better future ahead of them.

Kanonada

1961

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

Chameleon Games poster
4.0

Paris, 1955. Fraudster Georges de Valera, hiding from the police, with the help of a correspondent for the reactionary newspaper Sibilo, poses as Minister Dubov, who allegedly escaped from the Soviet Union. Sibilo's daughter explains to Georges the purpose of the planned action: to slander progressive journalists with the help of the false Dubov. De Valera, not wanting to become a participant in the provocation, goes into hiding. But instead they find another candidate for the role of Dubov...

Chameleon Games

1987

Chameleon Games poster
4.0

Paris, 1955. Fraudster Georges de Valera, hiding from the police, with the help of a correspondent for the reactionary newspaper Sibilo, poses as Minister Dubov, who allegedly escaped from the Soviet Union. Sibilo's daughter explains to Georges the purpose of the planned action: to slander progressive journalists with the help of the false Dubov. De Valera, not wanting to become a participant in the provocation, goes into hiding. But instead they find another candidate for the role of Dubov...

Chameleon Games

1987

Death and the Cherry Tree poster
3.5

Three children play games on a deserted beach.

Death and the Cherry Tree

1968

Time of the Full Moon poster
7.0

In 16th century Lithuania, where the plague is raging, a fanatical Jesuit comes to eradicate paganism. The fanatic begins his activity, entering into a struggle with everything that he considers a pagan deviation from the true faith. Especially he is alarmed by Pima, the daughter of a local priest who does not intend to hide her adherence to pagan rituals. But the fight takes a completely unexpected shade: the hero realizes that he is obsessed with passion and can not resist the temptation…

Time of the Full Moon

1988

In the Forest poster
NR

Visual etude based on M. K. Čiurlionis' symphonic poem "In the Forest."

In the Forest

1967

In the Forest poster
NR

Visual etude based on M. K. Čiurlionis' symphonic poem "In the Forest."

In the Forest

1967

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

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