Malevolent Fate (1969)
Based on the play The Gypsy Azza by Mykhailo Starytsky. The gypsy Vasyl falls in love with the Ukrainian beauty Halia. He forgets his nomadic life, his mother, and the gypsy Azza, and decides to stay in the village for Halia’s sake. Halia, against her father’s wishes, marries Vasyl. But time will pass, and Vasyl will begin to long for the camp.
Director: Miroslav Dzhindzhiristyy
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Olga Misevra as Aza |
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Yakiv Syrotenko as Vasil |
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Galina Demchuk as Galya |
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Arkadii Hashynskyi as Aprash |
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Vladimir Gorobey as Panas |
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Nonna Koperzhynska as Gordylya |
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Aleksei Davidenko as Lopukh |
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Anatoliy Skibenko as Headman |
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Boris Lukyanov as Pan |
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Fyodor Braychenko as Matchmaker |
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Semyon Likhogodenko as |
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Mariya Samosvat as |
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Yevhen Shakh as Pilip |
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Oleg Shavarskiy as Denis |
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Galina Slipenko as |
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Mykola Yakovchenko as Matchmaker |
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Yunona Yakovchenko as Fesya |
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Mykhailo Kramar as Roman |
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Petro Bondarchuk as |
| Directing | Miroslav Dzhindzhiristyy | Director |
| Sound | Vsevolod Rozhdestvenskiy | Original Music Composer |