Zvenyhora
1928
92 minutes
Overview
The momentous film stars Mykola Nademskyi as the grandfather of Tymish, whom he alerts to the secret treasure buried in the mountains of Zvenygora – a treasure that rightfully belongs to his homeland. The film wonderfully blends both lyricism and politics and uses its central construct to build a montage praising Ukrainian industrialization, attacking the bourgeoisie, celebrating the beauty of the Ukrainian steppe and retelling ancient folklore. Sergei Eisenstein said of the film, "As the lights went on, we felt that we had just witnessed a memorable event in the development of the cinema".
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Mykola Nademskyi
a symbolic old man / a Tsar General
Semen Svashenko
a Red Army soldier Tymish, first grandson
Les Podorozhniy
a Petliurite Pavlo, second grandson
Polina Skliar-Otava
a peasant Oksana / Roksana
Leonid Barbe
a Catholic monk
Heorhiy Astafyev
Scythian leader
Vladimir Uralskiy
a peasant
Maria Parshina
Tymish's wife
Anastasii Symonov
a stout officer on horseback