This is meant as a companion piece to my silent soviet cinema primer from last year. Chervonoi kalyny, 081 the oleksandr dovzhenko cinema. Dovzhenko national feature film studio you are here. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. Dovzhenko national feature film studio ua ukrainian film. It was potemkin 1925 and october 1928, arsenal 1929 and earth 1930, that won eisenstein and dovzhenko their international renown in the heroic. Nodialogue adaptation of original story mother by dovzhenko, ukrainian homer of cinema. Commissioned by joseph stalin, the film is a biography of the partisan leader and ukrainian bolshevik nikolai shchors.
Dovzhenko, aleksandr article about dovzhenko, aleksandr by. The storyline of earth, dovzhenkos nextand greatestfilm, is deceptively simple. These films were recently restored by the oleksandr dovzhenko national centre. Soviet ukrainian film director, writer, and screenwriter. His previous focus has been corporate finance and entrepreneurship. The ukrainian filmmaker alexander dovzhenko 18941956 is considered by many to have been one of the worlds greatest film directors. Dovzhenko synonyms, dovzhenko pronunciation, dovzhenko translation, english dictionary definition of dovzhenko. The party series started in kyiv a few years ago and has been held every couple of months at different locations in the ukrainian capital and a few other cities in europe. Dovzhenko centres film collection includes over 5,500 ukrainian, russian, american and european feature, documentary and animation films. Small station podbednja differs nothing from many other places in russia. Ukrainian soviet cinema program filming the revolution. Nov 16, 2017 the ica, in partnership with the ukrainian institute in london and the oleksandr dovzhenko national centre in kyiv, ukraine, presents a retrospective of oleksandr dovzhenkos silent film masterpieces the socalled ukrainian trilogy.
Dovzhenko leaves him out, perhaps because secretly he is quite nostalgic for the ukrainian traditions the festival represents, and cant allow ideologicallycorrect sneers to besmirch it. He explores life, death, violence, sex, and other issues as they relate to the collective farms. It was built in 1987 according to an individual project based on the typical functional design. That is what the upcoming ukrainian animated film mavka. Natsionalna kinostudiya khudozhnikh filmiv imeni o. Perennial dilemmas of ukraines struggle for freedom. Prominent ukrainian directors include oleksandr dovzhenko, dziga vertov and serhiy paradzhanov.
Ukraine has had an influence on the history of the cinema. His paternal ancestors were ukrainian cossacks who settled in sosnytsia in the eighteenth century, coming from the neighbouring province of poltava. Aleksandr dovzhenko celebrity profile check out the latest aleksandr dovzhenko photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Dovzhenko national feature film studio ua ukrainian. The ica, in partnership with the ukrainian institute in london and the oleksandr dovzhenko national centre in kyiv, ukraine, presents a retrospective of oleksandr dovzhenkos silent film masterpieces the socalled ukrainian trilogy. Pages in category dovzhenko film studios films the following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. In 1914, dovzhenko graduated from the glukhov teachers institute. Day 2 with maayan nidam and thomas melchior closer. His paternal ancestors were ukrainian cossacks who settled in sosnytsia in the eighteenth century, coming from the. He ranks with eisenstein eisenstein, sergei mikhailovich, 18981948, russian film director. Dovzhenko definition of dovzhenko by the free dictionary.
About the centre dovzhenko centre oleksandr dovzhenko. But these events serve as the framework for what is a tremendously moving panorama of rustic life and the almost tranquil admission. An architect and engineer, he became interested in a theatrical career and worked as a scene designer and stage director 1920. Earth is a 1930 soviet film by ukrainian director alexander dovzhenko, concerning the process of collectivization and the hostility of kulak landowners. Aleksandr petrovich dovzhenko article about aleksandr. It covers soviet films from the beginning of the sound era which, even more so than in most european countries began much later than in the u. Because of political problems, however, he was able to complete only seven featurelength films. It has gained a reputation for uncompromising lineups with local djs at the forefront, as well as its impressive brutalist locations. Although dovzhenko referred to zvenigora as his party. Posts about aleksandr dovzhenko written by michaelgloversmith. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide.
Alexander dovzhenko biography, movie highlights and. Dovzhenkos film poem style brings to life the collective experience of life for the ukranian proles, examining natural cycles through his epic montage. He is best known for the second film in his distinguished ukraine trilogy, earth 1930 an exquisitely photographed tribute to nature and ukranian village life. An inspiring portrait of dovzhenko, one of the greatest film directors, known as homer of cinema.
The silent trilogy for larger filmographies of dovzhenkos entire canon see carynnyk, marco alexander dovzhenko the poet as filmmaker. The project was drawn up by a group of authors that consisted of architects anatoliy vashchak, vasyl kamenshchyk, yevheniya minkova and constructors m. Kicking off huris series ukraine in the flames of the 1917 revolution on wednesday, october 18, yuri shevchuk will lead a discussion of oleksandr dovzhenko s arsenal following a free screening of the film. Alexander dovzhenko was born in the hamlet of viunyshche located in the chernigov governorate, russian empire now part of sosnytsia in chernihiv oblast, ukraine, to petro semenovych dovzhenko and odarka yermolayivna dovzhenko. This outstanding work is an early soviet example of poetic cinema. Combining images from ukrainian history and folklore, stark realism, visual poetry, propaganda, and gentle humor, his films celebrated nature and mans relationship to the land. Regarded as a silent revolutionary epic, dovzhenko s initial film in his ukraine trilogy along with arsenal and earth is almost religious in its tone, relating a millennium of ukrainian history through the story of an old man who tells his grandson about a treasure buried in a mountain. Cheered up by the revolutionary zeal, the courage and the energy of their leader.
These films were recently restored by the oleksandr. In days of the great patriotic war here there were severe fights. For larger filmographies of dovzhenkos entire canon see carynnyk, marco alexander dovzhenko the poet as filmmaker. The film tells the story of a magical creature, mavka, who is based on the fairy play forest song by lesia ukrainka and slavic. Instead, aleksandr wrote a love story extolling the beauty of the ukrainian countryside and promoting the cycle of life and death there amidst the natural beauty and plentiful bounty of nature. When a mother hides another mothers son, she faces her destiny, same way the. Baltic film and media school in association with dazhbogfilm. The dovzhenko film studios is a former soviet film production studios located in ukraine that were named after the. Dovzhenka is a former soviet film production studio in ukraine that was named after the ukrainian film producer, alexander dovzhenko, in 1957. As i arrived at dovzhenko film studio, the massive pavilion that has hosted several editions of, there was something odd in the air. August 29 1894 november 25, 1956, was a ukrainian soviet screenwriter, film producer and director. It preserves more than 6000 titles ukrainian, russian, european and american films from 1910.
Earth, vasyls death excerpt alexander dovzhenko, 1930. Robin baker, head curator of national archive of british film institute, and ivan kozlenko, deputy director of oleksandr dovzhenko national film. Earth was supposed to be a russian propaganda film promoting collectivism. Shchors is played by yevgeny samoylov 19122006 synopsis. Like jeanluc godard, like ousmane sembene, like andy warhol, like jeanmarie straub and daniele huillet, dovzhenko pushes in both directions at once, and his films, like few others of his time, combine overt theatricality with vivid documentary imagery. From his humble beginnings in the ukrainian peasantry, dovzhenko developed into a volatile artist with a great belief in cinema as an art form for the people. Ethno music, endangered species, costumes from leading fashion designers, and animation inspired by nature and traditions. Dovzhenko is often cited as one of the most important early soviet filmmakers, as well as being a pioneer of soviet montage theory and founding dovzhenko film studios.
Aleksandr dovzhenkos films include earth, arsenal, zvenigora, the end of st. Alexander petrovich dovzhenko stands beside sergei eisenstein and vsevolod pudovkin as one of the soviet unions greatest early filmmakers, noted for his passionately poetic, serious and extremely personal films. Release dates 2 also known as aka 2 release dates estonia 5 december 20 limited france 24 june 2014 rerelease also known as aka original title dovzhenko. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Dovzhenko, aleksandr article about dovzhenko, aleksandr. Ukrainian movie hitting european film and animation forums. Jun 28, 2011 cinema is both theatrical, a medium of actors performing for an audience, and documentary, a medium of images recording actual appearances. Aleksandr dovzhenko article about aleksandr dovzhenko by.
The films climax comes when the bolsheviks in disciplined ranks, smartly turned out storm the privatelyowned arsenal which gives the film its title. Dovzhenko, aleksandr petrovich article about dovzhenko. National oleksandr dovzhenko film centre wikipedia. Like sergei eisensteins strike 1925, alexander dovzhenkos zvenigora 1928 is an amazing early work that dropped out of sight for many years. The oleksandr dovzhenko national center dovzhenko center is the largest ukrainian state film archive.
You can see the basic outline that the russians wanted. Dovzhenko cinema is located in the common public center of the residential district of sykhiv. In 1958 at the brussels film festival part of the worlds fair the film was named as one of the 12 best films of all times and all peoples. Ukrainian film industry by oleksandr dovzhenko national. Ukrainian avantgarde films in vienna ukrainian soviet cinema program filming the revolution. On november 12, 2017, oleksandr dovzhenko s silent film arsenal 1929 will be screening in the film festival cottbus. Home ua ukrainian film office items sound stages, studio spaces dovzhenko national feature film studio share this page. Earth, vasyls death excerpt alexander dovzhenko, 1930 on. With aleksandr dovzhenko, serhiy trymbach, sergei m. The crowd was super young and very fashionably dressed. Alexander petrovich dovzhenko or oleksander petrovych dovzhenko ukrainian. Dovzhenko center was founded in 1994 on the basis of the largest time of the ussr of the ukrainian film making factory established in 1948.