Overview
A young man, Ivan, is forcefully mobilised and sent to fight in the Caucasian War as a soldier of the Russian Empire by his landlord, leaving his wife behind. In the Caucasus, Ivas experiences the fierce local resistance to the Russian military, and returns home to launch an uprising against the Russian government.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the 100 best films in the history of Ukrainian cinema
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Music
Music by Pavel Tolstyakov and Andria Balanchivadze
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Nikolay Topchy
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Ivan KavaleridzeWriter
- Original title
- Прометей
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 4, 1936
- Original language
- Ukrainian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
Production
Cast
Ivan TverdokhlibIvan
Polina NyatkoKateryna
Danylo AntonovychHavrylov, the revolutionary- Oleksandr SerdiukSvichka Pomishchyk, the colonel
Ivan ShtraukhZhukov, the merchant
Hnat YuraSydorenko, Svichka's manager
Nataliia UzhviiNastasia Markivna
Ivan MarianenkoGeneral Ladanskyi
Vladimir YershovNicholas I of Russia
Shota NozadzeGeorgian prisoner
Mykola NademskyiTaras Shevchenko- I. NekrutenkoRussian gendarmerie
- Elene Eristav-JgentiDadiani princess
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