Borsch: The Secret Ingredient (2020)
Meat-based or vegetarian, with or without beans, potatoes in or out, tomato sauce or real tomatoes added, dried mushrooms or smoked pears, or maybe just mom's borsch? Which variant should be considered "the real thing"? The battles have been lasting for years. That is why Yevhen Klopotenko, a well-known chef, sets out on a journey across Ukraine to uncover the most fascinating borsch recipes and to find the secret ingredients which make this dish unique.
Director: Dmytro Kochnev
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Yevhen Klopotenko as Self – Presenter |
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Yurii Vysotskyi as Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Dmytro Kochnev | Director |
| Editing | Dmytro Kochnev | Editor |
| Camera | Yevhen Sahno | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yuriy Falko | Sound |
| Camera | Marko Trotsenko | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Kostiantyn Ponomarov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Serhii Donskykh | Camera Operator |