Handfuls (1987)
The film tells the story of the difficult and tragic fate of a Prykarpattia family over several generations. The events take place in the difficult 30s and 40s. Zhmeniak's father tries to gather more land in his possession by all means. But not everyone understands that he will divide all that land between his children when it comes time to die anyway, and they are simply jealous of his possessions. Meanwhile, the children have their own dramas and tragedies, because it's one thing to love someone, and another thing to know what the father thinks about it, and who he sees as wives for his sons. And then there are changes of government, and then there is the war...
Director: Alfred Shestopalov
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Vladimir Nekrasov as Yurko Zhmenyak |
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Les Serdyuk as Ivan Zhmenyak |
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Nataliia Naum as Varka Zhmenyak |
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Dmitri Matveyev as Mykhaylo Zhmenyak |
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Lyubov Polekhina as Yulka Petrichka |
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Olga Bogachyova as Olena |
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Nina Kolchina-Bun as Verona |
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Ivan Mykolaichuk as Pavlo Zhmenyak |
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Ostap Stupka as Stepan Zhmenyak |
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Galina Moroz as Hanka |
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Anatoli Mateshko as Petro Bryla |
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Volodymyr Talashko as Petro Oliynyk |
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Stanislav Korenev as Yurko Petrichka |
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Nina Antonova as Yurko Petrichka's Wife |
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Iryna Bunina as Olena's Mother |
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Olga Mateshko as Mariya |
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Grigoriy Grumberg as Vuyko Duvede |
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Konstiantin Artyomenko as Vuyko |
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Viktor Panchenko as Stepan |
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Valentyna Masenko as Stepan's Wife |
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Mykola Oliinyk as Villager |
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Dmytro Myrhorodskyi as Priest |
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Oleksiy Horbunov as Ilko |
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Anatoli Barchuk as Vasyl Sosnyak |
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Agafya Bolotova as episode |
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Galina Dolgozvyaga as Sosnyachka, Petro's mother |
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Mykola Marchenko as episode |
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Yosyp Naiduk as Villager |
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Valentin Chernyak as episode |
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Taras Kirejko as Vasyl Bryla |
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Taras Denysenko as Dancing Guy |
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Bohdan Stupka as Narrator (voice) |
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Valeriy Nakonechnyy as |
| Directing | Alfred Shestopalov | Director |
| Art | Nikolay Reznik | Production Design |
| Sound | Yevhen Stankovych | Music |
| Writing | Mykhailo Tomchanii | Novel |
| Writing | Vasyl Rusnak | Writer |
| Camera | Igor Primissky | Director of Photography |