Synopsis
This is a metaphorical story about the tragic and mysterious death of the most powerful poet of 1960s, human rights activist, hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus and his struggle with the Soviet system. The events of the film unfold during the last attempt by the KGB to seduce the poet with a whimsical "freedom".
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Roman BrovkoDirector
- Artemii KirsanovScreenplay
- Serhii DziubaScreenplay
- Aleksandr SoshalskiyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dmytro YaroshenkoVasyl Stus
- Diana RozovlianValentyna Popeliukh
- Evgeniya GladiyVira
- Vitalii SaliiKuznietsov
- Oleg MaslennikovZhuravlov
- Karyna ShereverovaAlla Horska
- Vladyslav MamchurLeonid Borodin
- Akhmed EsmurzievArmen
- Oleksandr ValiukWarden 1
- Volodymyr HladkyiWarden 2
- Igor TikhomirovWarden 3
- Петро СоваIvan Dziuba
Stills
Themes
soviet politics