Memories Echoing in Sounds...

1987 1h 25m UK

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 2

History

Synopsis

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Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko goes for a walk in Kyiv. Along the way, his memory takes him back in time: first to his childhood in the village of Hrynky; to May 1861, when he attended Taras Shevchenko's funeral; to a trip to Leipzig; to the time when he was working on the opera "Taras Bulba"; to the images of Olha O'Connor and Olha Lypska, who gave him love, happiness, and inspiration.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Fedir Stryhun
Mykola Lysenko
Igor Taradaikin
Maksym Shaporenko
Elena Karadzhova
Olha O'Connor
Olha Sumska
Pavel Makhotin
Lysenko's Father
Nina Veselovskaya
Lysenko's Mother
Andrey Kharitonov
Starytsky

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Timofei Levchuk
Writers: Ivan Drach, Ivan Mykolaichuk
Languages: Russian, Ukrainian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, Ukrainian.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Timofei Levchuk, shot by Eduard Pluchik. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Larisa Ulitskaya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Fedir Stryhun and Igor Taradaikin and Maksym Shaporenko carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0172579 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Timofei Levchuk directs. Eduard Pluchik behind the camera. Larisa Ulitskaya cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian, Ukrainian.

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Russian, Ukrainian.
4Directed by Timofei Levchuk, shot by Eduard Pluchik. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Larisa Ulitskaya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Fedir Stryhun and Igor Taradaikin and Maksym Shaporenko carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0172579 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.