For those who know nothing about this chapter of postwar European history - Lithuanian anti communist guerillas operating from the forests until as late as 1949 - this film will not help them as its account of the passing of time is very poor. Nice costumes, great locations, achingly beautiful forests, but just not enough filmic strength to make this anything more than a competent period piece. By the end I was almost wanting the Russians to get on with it and run them to ground. The translation didn;t help either, with some especially wooden renditions of the poetry which is recited - far too much - throughout.
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