Zvenigora (Russian: Звeнигopа) is a 1928 Soviet silent film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko, first shown on 13 April 1928. [2 ] This was the fourth film by Dovzhenko, but the first one which was widely reviewed and discussed in…
The expressionist imagery, camera work and original drama were said to take the film far beyond the usual propaganda and made it one of the most important pieces of Ukrainian avant-garde cinema. [3 ] [4 ] The film was made in 1928 and…
The Soviet propaganda film has an interesting visual look, like no other film at the time, as it mixes numerous close-up shots of peasants, the hard at work farmers and colorful shots of the Ukrainian landscape with dream-like folk tale…
Zvenigora (director/writer: Alexander Dovzhenko; screenwriters: Yuri Tyutyunik/Mikhail Ioganson; cinematographer: Boris Zavelev; editor: Alexander Dovzhenko; cast: G. Astafyev (Scythian leader), Semyon Svashenko (Tymishko), Les Podorozhnij…