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In the white cold the sun of Ukraine

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In the white cold the sun of Ukraine
NR 44 minBlack Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus (1992) - Documentary trilogy PosterPart of Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus (1992) - Documentary trilogy
The second film of documentary trilogy «Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus» covers the period from the first arrest on December 12, 1972 to the death of the father in June 1978. Interviews with his son Dmytro Stus, wife Valentyna Popelyukh, comrades Oleh Orach, Yevhen Sverstyuk, Opanas Zalyvakha, Ivan Kalynychenko, Leonid Seleznenko, Semen Hluzman, Iryna Kalynets and others reveal the details of the search, imprisonment, trial on September 7, 1972, and the prisoner's life of the writer.
DirectorStanislav Chernilevskyi
WritersStanislav ChernilevskyiVolodymyr ShovkoshytnyiDmytro Stus

Movie Details

Original Language:Ukrainian
Production Companies:Halychyna-film
Movie Tags:
vasyl stus

Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus (1992) - Documentary trilogy

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).