At the beginning of the XVII century, events take place preceding the liberation struggle led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky. A young boy Pavlo Pokhylenko leaves his native Kaniv to join the Zaporizhian Sich (camp and cossack army) to fight for freedom and the Orthodox faith.
About the tragedy of the people of Western Ukraine Caught between Stalin and Hitler's totalitarian regimes. The film is dedicated to the soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army.
The Hitlerian army has merely encroached upon the territory of Ukraine, and the majority of the local people have been already ready to cave in to a new regime. The Ukrainian policemen have killed the boy. It is clear that there is no hope to expect the justice from the invaders, that’s why the killed boy’s mother declares the war on the hangsman.
Based on the play by Volodymyr Vynnychenko. A married couple, Korney (Polar Bear), an artist, and his wife, Rita (Black Panther), live in Paris. Korniy's job is to paint for a salon. Their son Lesik is seriously ill. Rita persuades her husband to sell one of his paintings in order to use the money to treat her son. Kornii strongly disagrees. He forces his wife and sick son to pose for a new painting...
Ukrainian theater, television and film actor.
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