Steps in the Night
1963Vabalas’s thesis film “Footsteps in the Night” (1962) portrays Kaunas in 1943, occupied by the German army. Alex, who recently returned to the city, tries to join the anti-Nazi resistance, but is captured and imprisoned. He soon starts planning his escape. Even though the screenplay was forced on him by his superiors, Vabalas managed to avoid creating an overly-heroic film. Instead, his work is filled with tension and complex characters. The film involved one of the most memorable scenes in Lithuanian cinema, portraying prisoners dancing by the fire. (Kino Pavasaris)
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Juozas Rigertas
as Aleksas
Petras Steponavičius
as Vytas
Vytautas Tomkus
as Povilas
Juozas Miltinis
as inžinierius Virkutis
Gražina Balandytė
as Liuda
Algimantas Masiulis
as Kuzmickas
Steponas Kosmauskas
as konclagerio komendantas Bublicas
Rimgaudas Karvelis
as Hansas
Valdas Mykolas Jatautis
as vaistininkas
Stasys Krasauskas
as Saša
Gediminas Karka
as Jokūbas
Henrikas Vancevičius
as okulistas
Eugenija Šulgaitė
as motina