Director Robertas Verba
Script Grigorijus Kanovičius, Vytautas Rimkevičius, Robertas Verba
Cinematographers Vladimiras Kostiugovas, Robertas Verba
Music Algimantas Apanavičius
Sound Kazys Zabulis
Editing Vytenis Imbrasas
Produced by Lithuanian Film Studios
This film is Robertas Verba’s directorial debut. According to film critic Laimonas Tapinas, “it rarely happens that the first film is successful […] and it is even more unusual a phenomenon that the first film changes trends in cinematography. Verba’s first film “The Old Man and the Land” had exactly that kind of influence.” As film critic Živilė Pipinytė puts it, “this film was the “ice-breaker” who broke through the ice of Soviet ideology to form the peculiar stylistics of Lithuanian documentary film.” The hero of the film is the bright Lithuanian villager Anupras whose archaic worldview becomes a symbol of the ethno-cultural Lithuanian identity that was often opposed to the identity constructed by the Soviet propaganda.