Ashes in the Snow
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| Directed by | Marius A. Markevičius |
| Written by | Ben York Jones |
| Based on | Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys |
| Produced by | Chris Coen Marius A. Markevicius Žilvinas Naujokas Prithvi Chavan Ruta Sepetys |
| Starring | Bel Powley Jonah Hauer-King Martin Wallström Tom Sweet |
| Cinematography | Ramunas Greicius |
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| Music by | Volker Bertelmann |
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| Distributed by | Vertical Entertainment |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | United States Lithuania |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5,000,000 |
| Box office | $1,557,172 (Lithuania) |
Ashes in the Snow is a 2018 war drama film based on the 2011 best selling novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys. The film is a coming-of-age tale of a young teenager named Lina who, with her mother and younger brother, was deported from her native Lithuania to a Soviet gulag amid Stalin's occupation of the Baltic region during World War II. An aspiring artist, she secretly documents her harrowing journey with her drawings.
Ashes in the Snow stars Aistė Diržiūtė, Bel Powley, Martin Wallström, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Jonah Hauer-King, Peter Franzén and Sophie Cookson. It had its world premiere at the LA Film Festival on 21 September 2018.