Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus

Overview

Documentary trilogy about the thorny path of the famous Ukrainian poet, translator, political prisoner Vasyl Stus. Filmed in 1989-1992, it describes the life of the poet, the story of the destruction of the dissident by the Soviet authorities, highlights his influence on Ukrainian society during life and after his death, records the testimony of witnesses, films the liquidated Kuchino camp, in which Stus was imprisoned, the reburial of Stus, Lytvyn and Tykhy in 1989. Consists of three parts: «Come back to me, my memory» (Верни до мене, пам’яте моя), «In the white cold the sun of Ukraine» (У білій стужі сонце України), «Crucified on a black cross» (Розіп’ятий на чорному хресті).

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 6, 1992

Original language

Ukrainian

Spoken languages

Ukrainian

Countries

Ukraine

Production

Halychyna-film

Cast

Leonid Yanovskiy,Alla Usenko,Aleksandr Movchan,Anatoly Yurchenko,Nina Matviienko,Vitaliy Doroshenko,Bohdan Beniuk,Lina Kostenko,Halyna Demchuk,Vasyl Stusand 5 more

Director

Stanislav Chernilevskyi

Writer

Stanislav Chernilevskyi,Volodymyr Shovkoshytnyi,Dmytro Stus

Producer

Volodymyr Kmetyk,Vasyl Bosovych

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt27191086