Vytautas Paukste

Acting

Vytautas Paukste

Born — Died

1932-07-02 — 2022-07-21

Place of birth

Kaunas, Lithuanian Republic

Known for

Acting

Credits

53 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 3 titles

1990s · 12 titles

Kremlin secrets of the XVI century poster
NR

Spring of 1584. The Magi predict the death of King John within 24 hours. Warring boyars are rebelling and are ready to unite against Boris Godunov. The royal court is in turmoil. The already unstable moral principles become completely unbridled. Moscow is filled with violence, drunken orgies and the wild revelry of tsarist power.

Kremlin secrets of the XVI century

1991

Shepherd of Žemaitsi poster
NR

Teleplay about the personality and activities of Motiejas Valančiaus, a bishop of Žemaitsi and the problems of the Lithuanian nation in the 19th century.

Shepherd of Žemaitsi

1993

The Austrian Field poster
4.8

About the incompleteness and insufficiency of the simplest senses: touch, sight, hearing. In cinema, this view traditionally denotes a collision between the authentic and the illusory. Truths and imaginary things are given in the film as images of feelings. “I love to forget time with you,” the heroine says to her blind lover and adds, "You are the most sighted of all the sighted."

The Austrian Field

1991

Mažvydas poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mažvydas

1993

Twins poster
NR

Two girls who live separately accidentally find out during their vacation that they are twins. One of them lives with her mother, the other with her father. They switch places, have cool adventures, and reconcile their parents. A Lithuanian adaptation of the German novel Das doppelte Lottchen or The Parent Trap.

Twins

1994

And He Bid You Farewell poster
10.0

Film based on Eduardas Cinzas novel Moris Bred’s Notes. After car crash Marius finds himself in the pension house, together with it\s weird inhabitants. Marius recovers his memory but he cannot return to his previous life.

And He Bid You Farewell

1993

Sename dvare poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sename dvare

1990

No artwork available
NR

Private detective Sam Patrick (alias for Lew Archer) investigates the mystery of disappeared jewel-box in house of Garry Shtemmer. Trail of murders makes this case more and more embarrassed. Based on the novel "The Goodbye Look" by Ross Macdonald.

Mystery

1992

Death Behind the Scenes poster
9.0

A group of emigrant actors stage "War and Peace" at the Stockholm theater...

Death Behind the Scenes

1992

Jazz poster
10.0

Lithuania, 1968. After serving in the Soviet Army, Lukas comes back from Prague to his friends: Andrius, a state prosecutor's son, Julius, an unsuccessful artist, and Beatrice, who is attractive to all of her friends in her purity.

Jazz

1992

Perfect Crime poster
6.1

The manufacturer lance Gerero on the basis of irrefutable evidence accused of killing a girl. However, the young lawyer still hopes to expose the criminals involved in the fabrication of false evidence, saving their customers from competitors…

Perfect Crime

1990

The Last Night of Socrates poster
NR

The doomed ancient Greek philosopher Socrates on the last night of his life.

The Last Night of Socrates

1995

1980s · 17 titles

Weekend in Hell poster
5.1

Two POWs - Russian and Lithuanian - are trying to escape a German Camp during WWII.

Weekend in Hell

1987

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

A Horse Thief's Daughter poster
NR

A movie based on the stories by Antanas Vienuolis.

A Horse Thief's Daughter

1982

My Little Wife poster
6.0

A sad story about love between Linas and Ruta - two young students in Vilnius.

My Little Wife

1984

A Simple Death poster
4.8

When a middle-aged high-court judge in 19th-century Russia starts to experience a sharp pain in his side, he soon finds himself bedridden with an undiagnosed terminal illness. Face-to-face with his own mortality, he becomes increasingly introspective and emotional as he ponders the reason for his acute suffering and imminent death.

A Simple Death

1985

No artwork available
NR

Agata is badly ill and nobody knows how to cure her. No doctor can help. Friends of Agata learn, that she is ill, because all children have Grannies but Agata does not. They go to the shop "Electronic Granny" and beg the dealer to sell them one Electronic Granny. The dealer warns them, that her electronic circuits are very sensitive - and this Granny will only work if loved. Agata get healthy and plays with her new Granny and other friends. Granny can invite new games and even fly with all children to the Moon. But later due to the jealousy and bad heabits children forget that they must love Granny, they begin to treat her just as a robot that "must do what they ask". As a result Granny dies. To resurect her Agata and friends must get off their ambitions, rudeness, jealousy and again become loving, cheerful and kind.

Electronic Granny

1985

A Theme with Variations poster
NR

About the feelings and responsibilities of people, about the attitude towards life of the older and younger generations. About the conflict between Dmitry Nikolaevich, who lived in dreams and letters and respect for the woman he met, and Igor Mikhailovich, who used someone else’s name and took advantage of the situation, about a intricately intertwined love story...

A Theme with Variations

1983

All Against One poster
8.0

A wealthy businessman, Meredith Borden, is murdered. Two innocent people fall under suspicion – Borden’s secretary’s wife and a building contractor. Lawyer Jerry Jackson is convinced of their innocence and takes on their defense, fully aware that by doing so he will incur the wrath of the highest circles connected to the crime.

All Against One

1987

Jonah, or the Artist at Work poster
NR

A painter lives with his wife and four children in a studio. Due to creative frustrations and the irritation of admirers and hangers-on he becomes increasingly reclusive, finally sealing himself away in the attic. Based on an Albert Camus story.

Jonah, or the Artist at Work

1984

The Mercedes Man File poster
8.2

A professional intelligence officer Ingmar Ross, an employee of one of the embassies, is tasked with recruiting a specialist from a Moscow classified company. But, having fallen in love with a Russian woman

The Mercedes Man File

1986

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

Kerosene Salesman's Wife poster
5.2

A fatal surgical mistake involving the wrong blood type splits the lives of twin brothers. One, the guilt-ridden surgeon, embraces anonymity as a kerosene salesman, while his sibling ascends to become the powerful Chairman of the City Council. When a government investigation into bribery begins, the brothers are finally forced to confront the dark secret that binds them.

Kerosene Salesman's Wife

1989

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

King Mindaugas poster
NR

A historical retelling of the first king of Lithuania, King Mindaugas, taking place in the year 1263. The film was initially created in 1981 but was banned by Soviet authorities due to an emphasis on Lithuanian nationalism and ethnic heritage.

King Mindaugas

1984

No artwork available
7.0

The plot is based on a conflict situation that arose during the delivery of a new building.

Snow in July

1985

American Artichokes poster
8.0

he fascinating adventures of two mischievous boys Misha Kozlov and Kolya Sinitsyn.

American Artichokes

1987

1970s · 12 titles

The Devil's Seed poster
10.0

In the Lithuanian village of Lietuvos, a farmer brings his sheltered nephew, Joni, to the rich Bani. By biting the prospective host's hand, the teenager gains the nickname of "the devil's seed."

The Devil's Seed

1979

All Truth About Columbus poster
NR

The film is about the Colombian revolution, about the revolutionaries Pablo and Pedro, the bearers of freedom and the victims of this freedom, about the philosophy of the struggle for freedom.

All Truth About Columbus

1970

The Broken Horseshoe poster
7.5

French aeronaut Jules Ardan, traveling in a hot air balloon, accidentally finds himself in Reval. Here he meets Dr. Peterson and his daughter Leida. The gendarmes are hunting for Leida's fiance. The banker's son is being murdered in the city. Suspicion falls on Peterson. Jules Ardan takes over the investigation of the crime.

The Broken Horseshoe

1973

Landing poster
9.0

Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Rein, but the long separations have tortured her. It seems to her that the man cares more about his work than about her. Rein really loves his work, but his wife just as passionately. He does not understand how loneliness can overwhelm Reet, when women have always been waiting for men from far away. Their family friend Mart loves Reet and cannot see her suffer. It is in Marti's power to offer Reet a safe life, and the woman plagued by internal struggles makes a choice, but happiness seems to slip even further away.

Landing

1973

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

The Face in the Target poster
4.7

A classic mystery based on "The Face in the Target" story by G.K. Chesterton.

The Face in the Target

1978

...And Other Officials poster
5.7

The plot structure of the film is based on a commonplace situation from the practice of foreign trade organizations - the conclusion of a trade agreement with a foreign company.

...And Other Officials

1976

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

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

Salty Dog poster
9.0

A dog survives a bad master and finds a good one - a sailor from a Soviet ship.

Salty Dog

1974

Northern Crusades poster
5.6

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

Northern Crusades

1972

Have Mercy on Us poster
NR

1942-1943 Lithuania, Kaunas, German occupation. A young priest Jomantas comes to a new gymnasium to work as a religion teacher. Here he tries to persuade his students out of joining German army.

Have Mercy on Us

1979

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