Movielogr
Zakhar Berkut (1972)
Directed by Leonid Osyka
Overview
This film is based on the classic novel of the same name by writer Ivan Franko, one of the most famous figures of Ukrainian literature. It is set during the 1200s and the invasion of the medieval Ukrainian-Russian state of Rus’ by Chengis Khan’s Golden Horde. Due to its having been produced during the Soviet era, the story’s aspect of class-conflict between the “heroic” peasantry and the “decadent” noble particularly emphasized here.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Vasyl Symchych | Ivan Gavrilyuk | Antonina Leftiy | Konstantin Stepankov | Borislav Brondukov | Ivan Mykolaichuk | Bolot Beyshenaliev | Fedir Panasenko | Vladimir Olekseyenko | Gennadi Danzanov | Naidan Gendunova | Liliya Gurova | Valery Panarin | Nikolay Fedortsov | Lev Perfilov | Heorhiy Yakutovych | Ruslan Akhmetov | Georgios Sovchis | Nikolay Yakovchenko | Виталий Розстальный | Boris Savchenko | Vladimir Shakalo | Nikolay Voronin | German Kolushkin | Anna Levchenko | Aleksandr Lipov | Yevhen Khrynyuk