The Children from the Hotel America

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1990 Lithuanian film

The Children from the Hotel America

Directed by| Raimundas Banionis
Written by| Maciejus Drygas
Starring| Augustas Šavelis
Gabija Jaraminaitė
Jūratė Onaitytė
Jurga Kaščiukaitė
Gediminas Karka
Linas Paugis
Rolandas Kazlas
Giedrius Čaikauskas
Music by| Faustas Latėnas

Release date

* December 2, 1990 (1990-12-02)

Running time

| 88 minutes
Country| Lithuania
Language| Lithuanian

The Children from the Hotel America (Lithuanian: Vaikai iš „Amerikos“ viešbučio) is a 1990 Lithuanian drama film.

The film revolves around the lives of teenagers in Soviet Lithuania. The protagonists of the film are fans of rock'n'roll music which is banned in the USSR and are interested in the hippie movement, secretly listening to the Luxembourg radio. They all live in a house which was formerly a hotel, called "America". Events of Kaunas' spring affect them as they are involved. After their attempt to send a letter to the Luxembourg radio, teenagers would become suspects by the KGB.

## See also

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* 1972 unrest in Kaunas
* Rock and roll and the fall of communism

## External links

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* imdb

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