The Turn(1968)
Lithuanian schoolchildren were driving home, returning from an excursion. Not far from Minsk, the bus came under bombing. The war caught the boys far from home, by surprise. A turn in their destinies, knowledge of the harshest sides of existence... And the heroes are only thirteen years old.
Movie: The Turn
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leitenantas Dubrovinas
mokytojas lietuvis
seržantas Andrejus
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Lithuanian schoolchildren were driving home, returning from an excursion. Not far from Minsk, the bus came under bombing. The war caught the boys far from home, by surprise. A turn in their destinies, knowledge of the harshest sides of existence... And the heroes are only thirteen years old.
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1968-05-09
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