Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus
Просвітлої дороги свічка чорна. Пам'яті Василя Стуса
Release: 1992-01-06
·Runtime: 152m
Documentary
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).
Production Countries
Ukraine
Production Companies
Halychyna-film
Cast
Leonid Yanovskiy
as (voice)
Halyna Demchuk
as (voice)
Agafya Bolotova
as (voice)
Aleksandr Movchan
as (voice)
Vasyl Stus
as (voice)
Vitaliy Doroshenko
as (voice)
Anatolii Yurchenko
as (voice)
Lina Kostenko
as self
Vasyl Mazur
as (voice)
Oleksandr Kochnev
as (voice)
Alla Usenko
as (voice)
Bohdan Beniuk
as (voice)
Nina Matviienko
as (sing)
Dmytro Stus
