Forest of the Gods (film)

Forest of the Gods (Lithuanian: Dievų miškas) is a 2005 film, directed by Algimantas Puipa, based on the Balys Sruoga novel of the same name, published originally in 1957.

Forest of the Gods (Dievų miškas)
Forest of the Gods Film Poster
Directed by	Algimantas Puipa
Screenplay by	Ričardas Gavelis Algimantas Puipa
Based on	Forest of the Gods by Balys Sruoga
Produced by	Robertas Urbonas
Starring	Valentinas Masalskis Steven Berkoff Liubomiras Laucevičius Rolandas Boravskis Šarūnas Puidokas Robertas Urbonas Saulius Mykolaitis Monika Bičiūnaitė
Cinematography	Algimantas Mikutenas
Edited by	John Grove
Music by	Kipras Masanauskas
Distributed by	Garsų pasaulio įrašai]
Release date	23 September 2005 (2005-09-23)
Running time	120 minutes
Countries	Lithuania United Kingdom
Language	Lithuanian
Budget	€1,700,000 EUR(est.)

Plot

This story is about one man — who is an artist and an intellectual — he was imprisoned by two brutal regimes, the Nazis and the Soviets. 'The Professor' is a man who lives by his own personal version of the Ten Commandments. After miraculously surviving imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a bit of ironic fate, he writes a memoir of his life, which becomes the target of the Soviet censors.

Reception

The film became the most profitable film released after Lithuania restored its independence.

The 98-year-old Vladislovas Telksnys, the only Lithuanian survivor of the Stutthof concentration camp in 2013, referred to the movie as "a piece of nonsense". In particular he referred to the scene depicting a Gestapo officer marching and a woman with an umbrella following behind. According to Telksnys, "there were no such things".

External links

• Dievų miškas (Forest of the Gods) at IMDb
• Forest of the Gods at Rotten Tomatoes