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Sergey Lazo

Sergey Lazo

Director Aleksandr Gordon

1 hr. 29 min. · Moldova, 1967 · Drama · Romanian · Subtitles: Lithuanian · Pegi 13

About the film

A historical revolutionary film from the Soviet era, telling the story of the life and death of Sergei Lazo, a hero of the Russian Civil War. According to legend, after being captured, Lazo refused to save his life at the cost of betraying his comrades and was burned alive in a locomotive’s firebox. The leading role in this Moldovan film was impressively performed by Lithuanian actor Regimantas Adomaitis, confirming the favorable reputation that the European-oriented Lithuanian school of acting had already established at the time. Its representatives surpassed many of the most prominent Russian film actors in popularity. Indeed, a look through the archives of the Soviet cinematic heritage reveals the remarkable number of roles played by Lithuanian actors in film studios across the various Soviet republics of the time. Regimantas Adomaitis, Juozas Budraitis, Donatas Banionis, Algimantas Masiulis, Vytautas Tomkus, Eugenija Pleškytė and, somewhat later, Liubomiras Laucevičius, Kostas Smoriginas, Vaiva Mainelytė, Nijolė Oželytė and Gražina Baikštytė were among the stars of the era, earning widespread audience affection and recognition and becoming, as was commonly said at the time, true People’s Artists.
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Details

Running time
1 hr. 29 min.
Country, year
Moldova, 1967
Genre
Drama
Language
Romanian
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Age rating
Pegi 13

Credits

Director
Aleksandr Gordon
Cast
Regimantas Adomaitis
More information
www.imdb.com

Director

Aleksandr Gordon

Aleksandr Gordon (1931–2020) was a screenwriter, film director and writer. He studied directing at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in the class of renowned director Mikhail Romm, alongside Andrei Tarkovsky, with whom he made the student film The Killers. After graduating in directing, he worked at the Moldova-Film studio (1964–1970), where he made The Last Night in Paradise (1964) and Sergei Lazo (1967). He later continued his career at the Mosfilm studio in Moscow. He wrote short prose and screenplays and dubbed two of A. Tarkovsky’s films made abroad, Nostalgia and The Sacrifice. He also published two books devoted to A. Tarkovsky.

Screenings

1 screening in 1 city.

  1. Sunday, November 15 15:00 Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania · 5th floor Free admission – Open queue