Karmelyuk (1931)

Original title

Кармелюк

Directed by

Faust Lopatinsky

Genre

history, drama

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 07m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent film from the Soviet era based on the story of a Ukrainian outlaw hero. It follows his exploits against injustice in a rural setting.

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What happens

Karmelyuk (Ukrainian: Кармелюк), also Karmyuk, False Uniforms and From the Life of Karmalyuk, is a 1931 Soviet feature silent historical drama film directed by Faust Lopatinsky and shot at the Ukrainfilm studio. The plot of the film is based on the play Robbiynyk Karmelyuk (1926) and the 1865 short story by Marko Vovchok and was adapted for the screen by Stanislav Weiting-Radzinsky. The film stars Stepan Shagaida, Aleksandr Podorozhnyy and Zinayida Pihulovych. The score to the film was composed by Borys Lyatoshynsky. Karmelyuk was released in the Ukrainian SSR on September 6, 1931. In 1935, a sound version with music was created through the efforts of sound engineer Y. Murin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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