Robertas VERBA
Робертас ВЕРБА
Robertas VERBA
USSR (Lithuania), 1965, 18mn 
Black and white, documentary
The Old Man and the Land
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Старик и земля

 

 Le Vieil homme et la Terre

 Starik i zemlya

Other titles : Senis ir žemė (titre original)
 
Directed by : Robertas VERBA (Робертас ВЕРБА)
Cinematography : Robertas VERBA (Робертас ВЕРБА)
Other persons :
Camera : Vladimiras KOSTIUGOVAS
Sound : Kazys ZABULIS
Editing :Vytenis IMBRASAS
Production : LKS Lithuanian Film Studio
Distribution : Archives centrales de l'État de Lituanie (v.juseviciute@archyvai.lt)
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk
Plot synopsis
The Trimonis, an old country couple, tell their life story and speak of the sacrifices made for their children's education. At the end of the film, a tombstone is bought for the wife, who died while the film was being made.
 
Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Baltic Poetics: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania., Paris (France), 2026
- Baltic Soviet films, (kinoglaz.fr), 2026
- International Leipzig Festival for documentary and animated film, Leipzig (Germany), 2018
- États généraux du film documentaire, Lussas (France), 2012
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