Dmytro Pavlychko

Dmytro Pavlychko

1929-09-28
93 (2023-01-29)
Stopchativ, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Republic of Poland [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]

Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, political and public figure.

Stopchativ, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Republic of Poland [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]

Ukrainian poet, translator, scriptwriter, culturologist, political and public figure.

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Zakhar Berkut 1972 (4.9)

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.
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A Dream 1964 (5.5)

Poetic treatment of the early life of Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko. A biopic made on the occasion of his 150th anniversary. It dwells on the first part of the Shevchenko's life leading up to the writing of his rebellious poem "A Dream" (A comedy). The film features the first appearance on the silver screen of the iconic Ukrainian actor Ivan Mykolaichuk (as Taras Shevchenko).
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Kyiv Melodies 1967 (9)

The action of the film takes place in winter Kyiv. After a sleepless night, a young composer goes for a walk through a snowy city in search of inspiration for a new melody; its route passes against the background of many sights of the capital. On the way, the hero observes city life and nature, people, near the maternity hospital he pulls out a happy young father who has fallen into a coma, and he notices a girl in a trolleybus. She is in a hurry in her affairs, and the enthusiastic composer follows her relentlessly. And every sound he hears becomes part of a new melody for him. The finale of the film is a panorama of Kyiv to the song "Two Colors".