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Ukrainian Rhapsody (1961)

Ukrainskaya rapsodiya (original title)
| Drama, War | 25 September 1961 (Soviet Union)
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Director:

Sergei Parajanov

Writer:

Aleksandr Levada (story and screenplay) (as A. Levada)

Stars:

Olga Reus-Petrenko, Yevgenia Miroshnichenko, Eduard Koshman | See full cast & crew »
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Cast overview, first billed only:
Olga Reus-Petrenko ... Oksana Marchenko
Yevgenia Miroshnichenko ... Oksana Marchenko (singing voice)
Eduard Koshman Eduard Koshman ... Anton Petrenko
Yuriy Gulyayev Yuriy Gulyayev ... Vadim
Natalya Uzhviy ... Nadyezhda Petrovna
Aleksandr Gai ... Vayner
Valeriy Vitter Valeriy Vitter ... Rudi
Stepan Shkurat ... Grandfather
Sergey Petrov ... Jury chairman (as S. Petrov)
Nikolay Slobodyan Nikolay Slobodyan
A. Pospelov A. Pospelov
Olga Nozhkina
Dmitriy Kapka ... Prisoner of war
Ekaterina Litvinenko ... Mother
V. Belyi V. Belyi
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Official Sites:

parajanov.com [United States]

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

25 September 1961 (Soviet Union) See more »

Also Known As:

Rapsodia ucraina See more »

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Production Co:

Dovzhenko Film Studios See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color
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3 March 2019 | by cosmin742000 – See all my reviews

A soviet musical war drama romance who proves any soviet war movie is better than all other countries war movies. This movie has an extraordinary soundtruck.
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