The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
The film-remembrance of the creative fate of the Ukrainian Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko, shot on his diaries. It has his statements about his work, about the role of the artist in society, his plans and sources of inspiration, his artistic style and the peculiarities of his worldview. Used excerpts from his films and documentary footage taken during the director's life, as well as filmed fragments of the unfinished scripts " The Death of the Gods” and “Tsar”.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Alexander DovzhenkoWriter
- Yuliya SolntsevaDirector
- Yuliya SolntsevaWriter
- Vyacheslav OvchinnikovOriginal Music Composer
- Valeriy KarenWriter
Cast
- Roman TkachukGod / Peasant
- Mykola HrynkoBishop
- Pyotr ShcherbakovGordei Truba
- Valentina TelichkinaMadonna
- Nikolai GubenkoSoldier Ivan
- Sergey NikonenkoTsar
- Boris SichkinNesmachny
- Sergei BondarchukNarrator (Voice)
Stills
Themes
socialist realismukrainian culturenational representationcinema poetry