Adam Wants to Be a Man (1960)

5.9/10 83 min Drama

Overview

In a pre-WWII Lithuanian town, occupied with unemployed workers and crooks of various kinds, lives Adam, a naive young man with no job and a lot of dreams. His closest friend is the Captain, an old sea wolf with many tales to tell about Singapore, Hawaii and other equally exotic and sunny places. Inspired by his stories, Adam manages to get a job in an emigration bureau and starts saving for his ticket to leave abroad.

Cast

Vitalijus Puodžiukaitis

Adam

Audrone Bajerciute

Liuce

Stasis Petronaitis

Petras

Juozas Miltinis

Captain

Valerijonas Derkintis

Petras' father

Vaclovas Blėdis

«Amerikonas»

Donatas Banionis

Dausa

Dana Rutkutė

Blondinė

Bronius Babkauskas

«Tipas»

Algimantas Masiulis

Kelneris

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