Zakhar Berkut (1972)
This film is based on the classic novel of the same name by writer Ivan Franko, one of the most famous figures of Ukrainian literature. It is set during the 1200s and the invasion of the medieval Ukrainian-Russian state of Rus' by Chengis Khan's Golden Horde. Due to its having been produced during the Soviet era, the story's aspect of class-conflict between the "heroic" peasantry and the "decadent" noble particularly emphasized here.
Director:
Leonid Osyka
Writer:
Dmytro Pavlychko
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Vasyl Symchych as Zakhar Berkut |
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Ivan Havryliuk as Maxim |
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Antonina Leftiy as Myroslava |
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Kostiantyn Stepankov as Tugar Vovk |
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Boryslav Brondukov as Burunda |
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Ivan Mykolaichuk as Lyubomir |
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Bolot Beyshenaliev as Peta |
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Fedir Panasenko as Dmytro Voyak |
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Vladimir Alekseyenko as Stariyshyna |
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Gennadi Danzanov as Tatarov |
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Naidan Gendunova as Tatar woman |
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Liliya Gurova as Mad woman |
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Valerii Panarin as Hunter |
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Nikolay Fedortsov as Boyaryn |
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Lev Perfilov as Boyaryn |
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Heorhiy Yakutovych as Boyaryn |
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Ruslan Akhmetov as Boyaryn |
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Georgios Sovchis as Boyaryn |
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Mykola Yakovchenko as Tukholets |
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Vitali Rosstalnoy as Tukholets |
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Borys Savchenko as Tukholets |
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Volodymyr Shakalo as Tukholets |
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Nikolay Voronin as |
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German Kolushkin as |
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Hanna Levchenko as |
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Aleksandr Lipov as |
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Yevhen Khryniuk as боярин |
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Antrop Ilyin as |
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Lev Kolesnik as Tukholets |
| Camera | Valeriy Kvas | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Leonid Osyka | Director |
| Writing | Dmytro Pavlychko | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ivan Franko | Novel |
| Editing | Marfa Ponomarenko | Editor |
| Writing | Dmytro Pavlychko | Lyricist |
| Art | Heorhiy Yakutovych | Production Design |
| Art | Mikhail Rakovskiy | Production Design |
| Sound | Anatoli Chernoochenko | Sound Director |
| Sound | Volodymyr Huba | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Konstantin Lavrov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Borys Berezka | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Oleg Martynov | Camera Operator |
| Art | Nikolai Aristov | Set Decoration |
| Art | V. Kashin | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | L. Semikina | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alla Shesterenko | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksei Matveyev | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | E. Parfenyuk | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | L. Chumakova | Script Editor |
| Directing | Yaroslav Lupiy | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Borys Savchenko | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | M. Lyakhovetskiy | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | I. Saratovskiy | Assistant Production Design |
| Lighting | S. Stadnikov | Lighting Artist |
| Camera | Vladimir Tarnavsky | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Yurii Harmash | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | V. Stolyarchuk | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | B. Polisskiy | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | K. Boyko | Assistant Camera |
| Visual Effects | Viktor Deminskiy | VFX Artist |
| Writing | G. Khalimonenko | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Yu. Natsvaladze | Script Consultant |
| Writing | M. Braychevskiy | Script Consultant |
| Sound | Pavel Muravskiy | Conductor |
| Sound | V. Kuprevichus | Musician |
| Sound | G. Kuprevichus | Musician |
| Sound | Vadim Gnedash | Conductor |
| Production | N. Yurieva | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | Aleksandr Pastukhov | Visual Effects Camera |
| Directing | Lev Kolesnik | Assistant Director |