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Zvenyhora (1928)

Zvenyhora (1928)

Drama Fantasy
Release Date: 1928, March 7
Directors: Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: VUFKU, Odeska Kinofabryka
Cast: Vladimir Uralskiy, Semen Svashenko, Mykola Nademskyi, Heorhiy Astafyev, Vladimir Lanskoy, Polina Skliar-Otava, Anastasii Symonov, Leonid Barbe, Les Podorozhniy, Nikolay Charov, Maria Parshina, I. Selyuk

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".

Keywords:

buried treasure revolution tradition