Movies: Pylyp Illienko

  • 1984
    The Legend of Princess Olga

    The Legend of Princess Olga (1984)

    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 11th century. Inspired by chronicles and folk legends this is a story of a common girl Olha who married P...

    The Legend of Princess Olga
  • 1980
    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka (1980)

    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 Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love break...

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka
  • 2024
    “Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel

    “Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel (2024)

    “Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel

    8.82024HD

    Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built specifically for artists. He comes from the provinces and works as a proof-reader in a printing press, and ...

    “Slovo” House. Unfinished Novel
  • 2002
    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (2002)

    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 King Charles XII, struggled for power; Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, He...

    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
  • 1987
    Straw Bells

    Straw Bells (1987)

    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. Vilgota himself also helped the Nazis. Although he carefully hides this fact of his biography, there...

    Straw Bells
  • 1999
    Аве Марія

    Аве Марія (1999)

    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
  • 2022
    Ukrainian Cinema. The Rise

    Ukrainian Cinema. The Rise (2022)

    Ukrainian Cinema. The Rise

    02022HD

    A documentary film about the rise of Ukrainian cinema both at the national level and on the international stage....

    Ukrainian Cinema. The Rise
  • 1990
    Swan Lake: The Zone

    Swan Lake: The Zone (1990)

    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 by the woman's jealous young son. The convict is then forced to undergo a tragic bid for freedom whi...

    Swan Lake: The Zone