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The lost film about the peasant rebellion of the 18th century in Ukraine, led by Maksym Zalizniak and Ivan Honta. The history of the haydamak movement became a trigger for authors to have experiments in the field of film language: shooting against the background of black velvet, focus on the static character of the picture, the sculptural nature of composition mise-en-scène solutions, replacement of dramatic collisions with cinema engravings depicting the historical past.

Top Cast

  • Ivan Marianenko

    Ivan Marianenko

    Honta

  • M. Petlyashenko

    M. Petlyashenko

    Zalizniak

  • Stepan Shkurat

    Stepan Shkurat

    peasant Ivan

  • L. Sharov

    L. Sharov

    Ivan's son

  • Severyn Pankivskyi

    Severyn Pankivskyi

    Jesuit Bishop

  • V. Piddubnyi

    V. Piddubnyi

    prince Jeremi Wiśniowiecki

  • Viktor Komar

    Viktor Komar

    Stanislav-Avgust

Overview

The lost film about the peasant rebellion of the 18th century in Ukraine, led by Maksym Zalizniak and Ivan Honta. The history of the haydamak movement became a trigger for authors to have experiments in the field of film language: shooting against the background of black velvet, focus on the static character of the picture, the sculptural nature of composition mise-en-scène solutions, replacement of dramatic collisions with cinema engravings depicting the historical past.

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