The Stone Cross (1968 film)
| The Stone Cross | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Leonid Osyka |
| Written by | Vasyl Stefanyk |
| Screenplay by | Ivan Drach |
| Produced by | Dovzhenko Film Studios |
| Starring | Daniil Ilchenko Boryslav Brondukov Konstantin Stepankov Ivan Mykolaichuk Vasyl Symchych |
| Cinematography | Valery Kvas |
| Music by | Volodymyr Huba |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | USSR |
| Language | Ukrainian |
The Stone Cross (Ukrainian: Камінний хрест) is a 1968 Ukrainian film. Directed by Leonid Osyka, it is based on Vasyl Stefanyk's short stories The Thief and The Stone Cross.
It has been ranked 5th in the list of the 100 best films in the history of Ukrainian cinema.
In 2009 began the digital restoration of this film.[1]
Plot
In the 1890s,[2] Ivan, a Galician peasant in a desperate attempt to get his family out of poverty decides to leave his ancestral home and emigrate to Canada. On the eve of his departure a thief gets into his house. The village judges sentence the thief to death. The departure for Canada being tantamount to his own death, Ivan holds a farewell party that feels like a funeral for him and his family. In his own memory he erects a stone cross on a hill.[3]
References
- ^ Studio for digital restoration of Ukrainian films opens in Kyiv, Interfax-Ukraine (December 17, 2009)
- ^ The Stone Cross - Mubi
- ^ The Stone Cross - Ukrainian Film Club, Columbia University
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