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Summary

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".

Details

Release Date: April 13, 1928

Runtime: 92 minutes

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, History, Comedy

Rating: 6.2/10 (28 votes)


Ukraine Trilogy

  • Zvenyhora

    Zvenyhora

    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".

  • Earth

    Earth

    The film tells about the creation of the first collective farm communes and class enmity. Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields". However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.

  • Arsenal

    Arsenal

    A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists. The story of the suppression of the Bolshevik uprising at the Arsenal factory in Kyiv by the Central Council troops.


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Cast

  • Mykola Nademskyi

    Mykola Nademskyi

    a symbolic old man / a Tsar General

  • Semen Svashenko

    Semen Svashenko

    a Red Army soldier Tymish, first grandson

  • Les Podorozhniy

    Les Podorozhniy

    a Petliurite Pavlo, second grandson

  • Vladimir Uralskiy

    Vladimir Uralskiy

    a peasant