FILM CREATORS' THOUGHTS
IN THE MEDIA

Director K.E. Jensen:
"While shooting the documentary - with yet alive character - i knew i'd transform this extraordinary love story into a feature version. Because hero's personality, her feelings, psychology, motivations of the acts intrigued me much. She had already finished her tragical way in this world, so painful fact is that you'll never known the true story. Therefore the only option was to put that love, those fates crushed by the history into a feature film."

Audronė Jablonskienė
Resbublika" 2007.11.06

"Which side does the film creator stand for? Is he convicting or acquiting the main character?
"Of course I stand for love. You may think Vera was romantic & naive, because of the feelings (to the married man) she was ready to commit a crime.  But she had just one choice - to betray her lover or her homeland. Vera chose what her heart told her to". "

Renata Baltrušaitytė
"Veidas" 2007.11.01

Actress E.D. Petersen:
"Would i do the same for love?  Yes. If someone would threaten to kill a person (a man, a woman or a child) if you love that person anyone would do the same. 
To betray ones Homeland is a bad thing, but after all - love is the most powerful thing.
The most underlying scene, I think, is main hero's first aquaintance with Russian culture - performance of cossack dancers - that she really admires. Vera begins to study Russian language and literature."

Asta Buitkutė "Lietuvos rytas" / "TV antena" 2007.11.03

Producer R. Urbonas:
"K.E. Jensen doesn't attempt to follow the historical truth thoroughly. He's just seeking for some details which would remind that particular period. Any other space of the film fill up actors, their faces, glances, reactions, even touches.  And that's why the name "Ice Kiss" itself is correlative with a touch, and is just perfect to define the story."

Asta Buitkutė "Lietuvos rytas" / "TV antena" 2007.11.03