This article analyses the attempts of the representatives of the independent Lithuanian cinematography to interpret the history of Lithuanian Grand Duchy in the scripts of “Margiris” and “Žalgiris”. These scripts were written for a historical film competition in 2006, which was funded by the programme to mark the Millenium of Lithuania.The key question disccussed in this article is – do the scripts, which were voted the best in the competition, express a qualitatively new approach towards the history of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy?This research revealed that the script of R. Banionis and M. Daškus’ film “Žalgiris” was written to convey the stereotype images of the old history that had been formed in the historical memory of the society. The two main characters – Jogaila, the King of Lithuania and Poland, and Vytautas, the grand duke of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy – were depicted according to the Lithuanian society’s stereotype preconception of these figures. The conceptually very important antagonism between Lithuania and Western Europe, represented by the Teutonic Order, also remains trapped in the captivity of stereotypes which at the same time mark the tension and unbridgeable chasm between us (good Lithuanians) and them (evil).M. Ivaškevičius’ script focuses on the struggle between Lithuanians and Crusaders as well as the battle in the castle of Pilėnai in 1336, during which all the defenders of the castle as well as the villagers hiding inside the castle were killed.Despite attempts to destroy the established stereotypes in the historiography and the historical memory of the society by introducing a new interpretation of the Pilėnai and Margiris themes, M. Ivaškevičius did not withdraw from the influence of the great heroic narrative – the final scene of the script on the assault of Pilėnai castle. The heroic battle of Lithuanians reiterates the stereotype images settled in the historical memory of the society.