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Zakhar Berkut (1972)

Zakhar Berkut (1972)

Drama History
Release Date: 1972, April 3
Directors: Leonid Osyka
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Cast: Bolot Beyshenaliev, Kostiantyn Stepankov, Vitali Rosstalnoy, Nikolay Fedortsov, Mykola Yakovchenko, Boryslav Brondukov, Lev Perfilov, Valerii Panarin, Ivan Mykolaichuk, Ivan Havryliuk, Ruslan Akhmetov, Borys Savchenko

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.