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The title of the movie - ''Baltu Ciltis'' means ''Baltic Tribes'' and rightly so, because this film takes you to the lands of Baltic peoples shortly before Christianity took over those territories. ''Baltu Ciltis'' is a wonderful effort which interweaves tons of historical facts into the plot. But ''Baltu Ciltis'' is not a pure documentary. It's a feature film heavily based on true events. I really enjoy this concept. ''Baltu Ciltis'' tells a story of a Danish spy Lars who visits Baltic lands. Lars is of a Christian background, so some customs and certain aspects of everyday life of so called pagans seem quite weird and even scary to him. But as Lars continues his journey, he starts to strongly sympathize with the native denizens and their traditions. I really enjoyed watching ''Baltu Ciltis''. And not only due to the fact that it is historically accurate while still being a feature film. Another aspect I really like about this film is that you won't encounter any exaggerations or impossible twists of plot during this movie. ''Baltu Ciltis'' feels like a real thing. Let me epitomise here. If you are interested in history, this film is a must for you. In fact, ''Baltu Ciltis'' is by far the best movie about history that I have ever seen! Wonderful stuff!

The story takes place in early 13th century in the midst of Northern Crusades. Protagonist merchant Lars comes from the lands who have long adopted Christianity and travels to the last pagan populated areas in Europe to trade with local Baltic tribes and is being drawn in a lot of unexpected events.

The whole story is narrated by the Lars point of view and there isn't any single dialogue in the whole movie. During his journey the story is enriched with the historical facts of that period of time as we know it of local tribe lifestyle and traditions. Despite the fact that there wasn't much of an acting, the actors still did a good job and it didn't ruin the whole picture.

This whole concept very intrigued me because there was left a huge blank space which was filled with a great cinematography which served as a great foundation for this movie to really succeed and between all that the beautiful animations added more artistic value to this gem.

This movie is nor action, nor adventure movie or another blood driven viking flick but beautifully told story filled with historical facts as we know it today to visualize the early 13th century Baltic tribe lands.

If you're interested in history or you like a beautiful cinematography and want to please your eyes give this movie a try.

It was more interesting than expected.It was very realistic and I had to be nervous throughout the whole time.

One of the worst movies I've seen in my whole life. 0 dialogues, only the narrator (watched it in lithuanian) who's voice is awful. Even the sound effects aren't timed right (e.g. footsteps). Non-existent, unnoticeable story which lead you to seperate scenes/pictures. Some infamous facts about pagans weren't mentioned and the narrator felt like he was trying his best to make you love these tribes. It's like you were pushed to it.

I am from the Baltic region myself and in my opinion there isn't a single thing in this "civilization" which fascinates me. The fact that we accepted Christianity so late shouldn't be a brag.

Right when you start getting into it the film changes direction.. it like 20 short story's into one long history lesson. It looks cool but I just couldn't get into it.. better off watching the history channel

Very missleadind motion picture. Will damage young generations attitude to our roots.