Kyiv State I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Institute of Theater Arts Movie Trailers

Singleton Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

Based on Lesia Ukrainka’s unfinished novella. At the end of the 19th century, a Ukrainian boy, Petro, is torn from his home and beloved and conscripted into the Russian army.

Sea Salt Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

Refugees Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Sketches from the life of an unnamed Middle Eastern country. The film features poems by Palestinian poet Muin Bseiso (1930–1984).

Stray Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

A boy named Roman appears in a village—an accidental drifter with no parents and no home. He is driven away from everywhere, yet he harbors no ill will toward anyone.

A Bird from the Blue Sky Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

A man tired of the big city returnes to the village and suddenly strikes up a close friendship with a local deaf boy.

Age Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

A father sees his son off on his final journey. Based on the story by Borys Hrinchenko.

The Killer Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

A rare representative of black comedy in Ukrainian Soviet cinema before the Perestroika era. Lapenkov is a petty Soviet townsman of an intensely neurotic disposition.

Unborn Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

Based on the short story “Too Late” by Latvian writer Egils Lukjanskis about one family that helped a German soldier during World War II.

April Second Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

Course work in Artur Voitetsky's workshop. Screen adaptation of Ilya Zverev's story. A school class agrees to never lie again.

May Dandelion Snow Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

An engaged young man returns to his native village with his fiancée. Amid pastoral fields of dandelions, memories resurface of a youthful love for a local girl, Lida.

A Monument to the Living Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

A documentary propaganda essay about the Kyiv Suvorov Military School—a Soviet secondary educational institution for the military training of young men.

Stop Potapov Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

An employee of a certain SRI Potapov is a liar and an opportunist. But he does not even know that he is committing low things.

Mistake Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

An intellectual and writer involved in underground revolutionary activity is imprisoned, where his convictions and will are put to the test.

Dragon Trailer (1984)

01 November 1984

Based on the short story by Ray Bradbury. Two knights travel across desolate lands to face the Dragon in a doomed battle.

Prologue Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

Vitia turns 18 and is drafted into the army. In order to begin his service, he must leave behind his beloved bicycle, his athlete friends, and the velodrome.

Children of War Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

1940s, a Ukrainian village. The children of war play at running a postal service. Limping slightly, the little “postman” delivers something different to each person: a machine gun from the front to one, a letter from a son to another, and a death notice to someone else.

White, white swans... Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

Two people meet to recreate the final day of their relationship. Memories resurface—of the past, of their separation, of the darker and lighter moments of first love.

To Italy Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

A rebel and escaped convict manages to hide in a garden after a shootout. There, he is unexpectedly stopped by a lively little girl named Olya, who mistakes him for her uncle.

Competitive Spirit Trailer (1980)

01 January 1980

Two kolkhoz watchmen spend their free time each day playing cards and chess. Their competitive spirit gradually pushes the old friends to unforeseen extremes.

Foxtrot Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

A film student shoots an étude on an elderly couple who meet late in life. You know how it goes: here they are in the rain, here they are on a swing, here they are dancing—something like love, or whatever that is.

Pharaoh Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Set in Lebanon, the film follows a man who moves to the city in search of a better life—only to end up begging and living in shacks.

Ballad Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

During World War II, Jernej learns about the movement of twelve enemy soldiers. He sets out to ambush and kill them, but this choice leads to devastating consequences.

Lika Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

A young postman is in love with a girl named Lika—her hair, her comb, her veil—yet they are not meant to be together.

Olezhka Married Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

Olezhka arrives at a hunting lodge to visit the elderly gamekeeper Bolotov, a former wartime comrade of his father.

A Sketch for a Portrait Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

A biographical film about Ivan Tobilevych (Karpenko-Karyi)—a playwright, actor, and one of the leading figures of Ukrainian theatre.