The White Bird Marked with Black (1970)

Original title

Білий птах з чорною ознакою

Directed by

Yuri Ilyenko

Genre

drama film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

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How it feels

A family in a Ukrainian village struggles with change and conflict during the Soviet era. The story follows the lives of brothers and their community through love, betrayal, and the harsh realities of war.

emotionally intensepoeticvisually strikingsomberslow-burnmelancholichistoricfamily-centered

What happens

The White Bird Marked with Black (Ukrainian: «Білий птах з чорною ознакою», romanized: Bilyi ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu, Russian: «Белая птица с чёрной отметиной», romanized: Belaya ptitsa s chornoy otmetinoy) is a 1971 Soviet period drama film directed by Yuri Ilyenko. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival and won the Golden Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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