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Browse 18 movies from Kyiv State I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Institute of Theater Arts
A man tired of the big city returnes to the village and suddenly strikes up a close friendship with a local deaf boy.
Jan 1972
Course work in Artur Voitetsky's workshop. Screen adaptation of Ilya Zverev's story. A school class agrees to never lie again. Suddenly, it turns out that the adults who had taught their children not to lie do not like the change in their behavior.
Jan 1970
A father sees his son off on his final journey. Based on the story by Borys Hrinchenko.
Jan 1969
An engaged young man returns to his native village with his fiancée. Amid pastoral fields of dandelions, memories resurface of a youthful love for a local girl, Lida.
An intellectual and writer involved in underground revolutionary activity is imprisoned, where his convictions and will are put to the test. Based on Lesia Ukrainka’s short story “Mistake (Thoughts of a Prisoner)”.
Based on the short story by Ray Bradbury. Two knights travel across desolate lands to face the Dragon in a doomed battle.
Nov 1984
Sketches from the life of an unnamed Middle Eastern country. The film features poems by Palestinian poet Muin Bseiso (1930–1984).
Jan 1980
Based on Lesia Ukrainka’s unfinished novella. At the end of the 19th century, a Ukrainian boy, Petro, is torn from his home and beloved and conscripted into the Russian army.
Based on the short story “Too Late” by Latvian writer Egils Lukjanskis about one family that helped a German soldier during World War II.
Jan 1976
Vitia turns 18 and is drafted into the army. In order to begin his service, he must leave behind his beloved bicycle, his athlete friends, and the velodrome.
Jan 1965
During World War II, Jernej learns about the movement of twelve enemy soldiers. He sets out to ambush and kill them, but this choice leads to devastating consequences.
A rebel and escaped convict manages to hide in a garden after a shootout. There, he is unexpectedly stopped by a lively little girl named Olya, who mistakes him for her uncle. Half the town is searching for that man, but Olya has far more questions than anyone else.
Two people meet to recreate the final day of their relationship. Memories resurface—of the past, of their separation, of the darker and lighter moments of first love.
Jan 1973
Two kolkhoz watchmen spend their free time each day playing cards and chess. Their competitive spirit gradually pushes the old friends to unforeseen extremes.
A young postman is in love with a girl named Lika—her hair, her comb, her veil—yet they are not meant to be together. A young woman is in love with the postman—his bag, his letters, his love for Lika—yet they are not meant to be together.
Jan 1977
A film student shoots an étude on an elderly couple who meet late in life. You know how it goes: here they are in the rain, here they are on a swing, here they are dancing—something like love, or whatever that is.
Jan 1989