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70 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Cast
Sergei Bondarchuk
Ivan Franko
Yaroslav Gelias
Mikhailo Pavlik
Vladimir Balashov
Henryk
Irina Skobtseva
Ludwiga
Liliya Gritsenko
Olga
Heorhiy Babenko
Hlaholinsky, publisher
Vasyl Symchych
Leonid Parkhomenko
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Timofei Levchuk
- Writers
- Leonid Smiliansky
- Languages
- Ukrainian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Timofei Levchuk directs. Nikolay Kulchitskiy behind the camera. Boris Liatoshinsky scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Ukrainian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 170 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Directed by Timofei Levchuk, shot by Nikolay Kulchitskiy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Boris Liatoshinsky. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Sergei Bondarchuk and Yaroslav Gelias and Vladimir Balashov carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0172615 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Nikolay Kulchitskiy
- Original score
- Boris Liatoshinsky
- Production design
- Viktor Migulko
- Runtime
- 94 min · 1h 34m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- UK
- IMDB rating
- 7.7/10 · 61 votes
Also by
Timofei Levchuk
Production companies
Who made it
Dovzhenko Film Studios
SU
Key crew
- Production DesignViktor Migulko
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1956-01-01
