
Zvenyhora
The momentous film stars Mykola Nademskyi as the grandfather of Tymish, whom he alerts to the secret treasure buried in the mountains of Zvenygora – a treasure that rightfully belongs to his homeland. The film wonderfully blends both lyricism and politics and uses its central construct to build a montage praising Ukrainian industrialization, attacking the bourgeoisie, celebrating the beauty of the Ukrainian steppe and retelling ancient folklore. Sergei Eisenstein said of the film, "As the lights went on, we felt that we had just witnessed a memorable event in the development of the cinema".
Cast
a symbolic old man / a Tsar General
Mykola Nademskyia Red Army soldier Tymish, first grandson
Semen Svashenkoa Petliurite Pavlo, second grandson
Les Podorozhniya peasant Oksana / Roksana
Polina Skliar-Otavaa Catholic monk
Leonid BarbeScythian leader
Heorhiy AstafyevPeasant
Vladimir UralskiyTymish's wife
Maria Parshinaa stout officer on horseback
Anastasii Symonov
Mykola Nademskyia Red Army soldier Tymish, first grandson
Semen Svashenkoa Petliurite Pavlo, second grandson
Les Podorozhniya peasant Oksana / Roksana
Polina Skliar-Otavaa Catholic monk
Leonid BarbeScythian leader
Heorhiy AstafyevPeasant
Vladimir UralskiyTymish's wife
Maria Parshinaa stout officer on horseback
Anastasii Symonov




















