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Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus

Documentary trilogy about the thorny path of the famous Ukrainian poet, translator, political prisoner Vasyl Stus. Filmed in 1989-1992, it describes the life of the poet, the story of the destruction of the dissident by the Soviet authorities, highlights his influence on Ukrainian society during life and after his death, records the testimony of witnesses, films the liquidated Kuchino camp, in which Stus was imprisoned, the reburial of Stus, Lytvyn and Tykhy in 1989. Consists of three parts: «Come back to me, my memory» (Верни до мене, пам’яте моя), «In the white cold the sun of Ukraine» (У білій стужі сонце України), «Crucified on a black cross» (Розіп’ятий на чорному хресті).

Top Cast

  • Oleksandr Kochnev

    Oleksandr Kochnev

    (voice)

  • Dmytro Stus

    Dmytro Stus

  • Vasyl Stus

    Vasyl Stus

    (voice)

  • Nina Matviienko

    Nina Matviienko

    (sing)

  • Vitaliy Doroshenko

    Vitaliy Doroshenko

    (voice)

  • Leonid Yanovskyi

    Leonid Yanovskyi

    (voice)

  • Alla Usenko

    Alla Usenko

    (voice)

  • Halyna Demchuk

    Halyna Demchuk

    (voice)

  • Agafya Bolotova

    Agafya Bolotova

    (voice)

Overview

Documentary trilogy about the thorny path of the famous Ukrainian poet, translator, political prisoner Vasyl Stus. Filmed in 1989-1992, it describes the life of the poet, the story of the destruction of the dissident by the Soviet authorities, highlights his influence on Ukrainian society during life and after his death, records the testimony of witnesses, films the liquidated Kuchino camp, in which Stus was imprisoned, the reburial of Stus, Lytvyn and Tykhy in 1989. Consists of three parts: «Come back to me, my memory» (Верни до мене, пам’яте моя), «In the white cold the sun of Ukraine» (У білій стужі сонце України), «Crucified on a black cross» (Розіп’ятий на чорному хресті).

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