Severin Chernyak / Grandpa Chish
The year is 1919. German troops retreat from Ukraine. The Directory, the Ukrainian national government lead by Symon Petliura, takes control of Kyiv. Meanwhile, the Bolshevik division commanded by Mykola Shchors is marching on the capital. The Bolsheviks capture the cities of Vinnytsia, Zhmerynka, and others one by one, but lose Berdychiv to Petliura’s forces. They are demoralized by the defeat. By his personal example of courage and military skill, Shchors inspires the retreating Red troops and leads them to victory over the enemy.
Young Kulak
In the peaceful countryside, Vassily opposes the rich kulaks over the coming of collective farming.
Demobilized Red Army Soldier
Ukrainian agitprop film from 1929 that was banned and long forgotten until its rediscovery in the 1970s, imaginatively shot by the gifted cameraman Oleksii Pankratiev, whose panoramic long shots feature dynamic compositions. The background, barren field and bare sky, raise the agricultural subject matter to the level of an epic poem. Using innovative editing, Shpykovskyi transformed an incredibly simple plot into an avant-garde work. Created the same year as Earth (Zemlya), the film forms a paradoxically conceptual, ideological, and aesthetic pair with Dovzhenko’s movie.
Head of Partisans
1917~1922년 소련 내전 중 키예프의 권력이동, 정치적 혼돈 속에서 이득을 보고자 했던 우크라이나인 속물 아폴로 쉬미구예브의 이야기이다. 의욕적이고, 변덕스러운 아폴로는 곧 지역인민위원회의 수장이 되지만 이익에 대한 갈증으로 연이어 위험에 빠진다. 주인공이 낙타를 타고 볼셰비키, 왕정주의자, 무정부주의자의 적대적인 캠프를 번갈아 다니지만, 결국 자신의 이기적인 욕심만을 위해 달리는 코미디 로드무비. 당대와 성격이 전혀 다른 영화로, 볼셰비키의 관료주의와 광신주의, 백인의 약탈적 허영을 조롱한다.
