Yurii Illienko Movies

  • 1965
    Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

    Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

    Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

    7.61965HD

    In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began....

    Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
  • 1965
    A Spring for the Thirsty

    A Spring for the Thirsty

    A Spring for the Thirsty

    6.91965HD

    A parable centering on an old man who lives a secluded life in the desert, alone with only his memories and photographs. His wellspring, once a...

    A Spring for the Thirsty
  • 1968
    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    6.91968HD

    Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern...

    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
  • 1980
    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    6.11980HD

    Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the...

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka
  • 1973
    Defying Everybody

    Defying Everybody

    Defying Everybody

    4.751973HD

    The movie takes us through the trials and tribulations of Petar I Petrovic, the man who united Montenegro in the 18th century and led them in the...

    Defying Everybody
  • 1972
    The White Bird Marked with Black

    The White Bird Marked with Black

    The White Bird Marked with Black

    5.91972HD

    A family struggles to survive in an area that was claimed as part of Rumania, Poland and the Ukraine, all within a short span of time. When World War...

    The White Bird Marked with Black
  • 2002
    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    5.12002HD

    'A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa' unfolds during an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under...

    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
  • 1991
    The Last Bunker

    The Last Bunker

    The Last Bunker

    01991HD

    The film tells about the last stage of the struggle of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army against the NKVD squads. Events occurring after the end of World...

    The Last Bunker
  • 1984
    The Legend of Princess Olga

    The Legend of Princess Olga

    The Legend of Princess Olga

    6.71984HD

    The film is a poetic adaptation of a series of stories (oral and written) about Princess Olha of Kyivan Rus' (Ukraine-Rusʹ) at the start of the...

    The Legend of Princess Olga
  • 1990
    Swan Lake: The Zone

    Swan Lake: The Zone

    Swan Lake: The Zone

    5.91990HD

    A convict is forced to hide within a model of a hammer and sickle. Here a tragic romance ensues between the convict and woman worker; which is spoilt...

    Swan Lake: The Zone
  • 1974
    To Dream and to Live

    To Dream and to Live

    To Dream and to Live

    51974HD

    The script about loneliness, conformity and the impossibility of creative realization scared the editorial censorship at the studio, and then at...

    To Dream and to Live
  • 1987
    Straw Bells

    Straw Bells

    Straw Bells

    01987HD

    Vasyl Vilgota raised two sons. One of them died on the fronts of the Second World War, defending the homeland, and the second served as Hilfspolizei....

    Straw Bells
  • 1998
    Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication

    Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication

    Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication

    81998HD

    The story of life and death of actor Ivan Mykolaychuk - the legend of Ukrainian poetic cinema. The film is stylized as Vertep Christmas mystery: the...

    Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication
  • 1963
    Улица Ньютона, дом 1

    Улица Ньютона, дом 1

    Улица Ньютона, дом 1

    21963HD

    Улица Ньютона, дом 1
  • 1999
    Аве Марія

    Аве Марія

    Аве Марія

    01999HD

    Once in the underpass at the Philharmonic, a singer Lyudmila hears a heavenly voice of a beggar-girl singing "Ave Maria" ...

    Аве Марія
  • 1983
    Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants

    Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants

    Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants

    6.51983HD

    Based on the works of Nikolai Gogol - 'The Old World Landowners', 'The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich', 'Ivan...

    Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
  • 1978
    The Feast of the Baked Potato

    The Feast of the Baked Potato

    The Feast of the Baked Potato

    61978HD

    Drama about Aleksandra Avramovna Derevskaya (1902-1959), who, between the two wars - the Civil and Great Patriotic War, raised 48 orphan children of...

    The Feast of the Baked Potato
  • 1979
    A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers

    A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers

    A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers

    5.41979HD

    A story of two delinquent boys at a boarding school, struggling to cope with fathers who abandoned them, and retreating into fantasy.

    A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers
  • 1961
    Farewell, Doves

    Farewell, Doves

    Farewell, Doves

    6.61961HD

    Farewell, Doves
  • 1962
    My Son is Somewhere

    My Son is Somewhere

    My Son is Somewhere

    51962HD

    An old fisherman spends his days waiting to hear from his son who left the village long time ago.

    My Son is Somewhere