The Black Valley (1990)
Based on the work of Yurii Mushketyk "Yasa". The action of the picture takes place in the 17th century, when Ukraine, led by the legendary Ivan Sirko, was defending itself from Tatar raids. A story of Ivan Sirko, the legendary Ukrainian originally from the Merefa county near Kharkiv, who was elected the leader of Cossacks eight times, bravely fought and won 53 major battles.
Director:
Borys Shylenko
Writer:
Borys Shylenko
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Ivan Havryliuk as Ivan Sirko |
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Oksana Drozdova as Kyliyana |
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Georgi Gavrilenko as Lavrin |
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Mykola Oliinyk as hetman Doroshenko |
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Anatoli Barchuk as colonel Murashko |
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Aleksandr Denisov as Dorosh Brus |
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Ernst Romanov as tovmach |
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Mykhailo Hornostal as Kharilis |
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Nurbey Kamkiya as sultan |
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Ali Mukhammad as Selim Giray |
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Yosyp Naiduk as Yavdokym Verta |
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Bahadur Miralibekov as vizier |
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Costa Turiev as Tuluk |
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Valentyn Makarov as Reza |
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Konstiantin Artyomenko as (episode) |
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Serhiy Havryliuk as Marko |
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Vitaliy Pivnenko as Mokiy Syrovatka |
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Taras Denysenko as (episode) |
| Directing | Borys Shylenko | Director |
| Writing | Yurii Mushketyk | Novel |
| Sound | Oleksandr Zlotnyk | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Vitaliy Shavel | Production Design |
| Camera | Arkadiy Pershyn | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Serhii Vachi | Sound |
| Production | Borys Shylenko | Producer |
| Writing | Borys Shylenko | Screenplay |
| Camera | Viktor Atamanenko | Camera Operator |