Julius Janonis (1959)
Early twentieth century. The future poet, the nurturer of lyrics of love, Julius Janonis, is maturing among the students of Šiauliai Gymnasium. The son of a poor peasant, sick with tuberculosis, spotted a classmate, Milda, from a wealthy family admiring his talent. Unfortunately, at a high society party held at Milda’s parents house, where Julius reads his poems, guests make fun of the poet. When World War I comes, Janonis is taken to Voronezh, to the Lithuanian diaspora.
- Released
- 1959-05-03
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Balys Bratkauskas, Vytautas Dabasinskas
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Henrikas Kurauskas as Julius Janonis
- Gražina Balandytė as Juste
- Balys Barauskas as Edvardas
- Elena Jackute as Milda
- Juozas Mazeika as Karklius
- Vytautas Kancleris as Girinis
- Alfonsas Ambrasas as Mykolas
- Romualdas Juknevicius as Pulkininkas
- Algimantas Masiulis as Vacekas
- Stepas Jukna as Alsenas
- Jonas Birzys as Father of Juste
- Vanda Gruodyte as Mother of Julius