Stone Soul (1989)

We bring to your attention the Ukrainian feature film directed by Stanislav Klimenko “Stone Soul”, filmed in 1988 at the Kyiv Feature Film Studio. A. Dovzhenko. The premiere took place in 1989.
A film adaptation of the story of the same name by Gnat Khotkevich, the plot of which was based on the folk song “Pavel Marusyak and the Priest” about the unhappy love of a young beauty - the wife of a rural priest and the leader of the oprishki, Marusyak, “the eagle of Poloninsky”. Hutsul region, 19th century. Dmitry was taken into the army for many years. However, he got out of the imposed yoke and joined the oprichniki movement. He doesn’t like his new life, and the image of his beloved Catherine, who has already linked her fate with another man who deceived her into taking this step, cannot leave his heart. Dmitry decides to definitely see her again.
Film crew
Scriptwriter: Georgy Shevchenko
Stage director: Stanislav Klimenko
Directors of photography: Pavel Nebera, Viktor Politov
Production designers: Anatoly Mamontov, Nikolay Poshtarenko (Ukrainian: Mykola Poshtarenko)
Composer: Evgeniy Stankovych
Sound engineer: Anatoly Chernoochenko
Cast
Anatoly Khostikoev - Dmitro Marusyak
Marina Mogilevskaya - Marusya
Yulia Tarkhova - Katerina
Bohdan Stupka - father of Dmitry Marusyak
Alexey Gorbunov - Yurishtan
Pyotr Benyuk - Father Vasily
Fyodor Strigun - Yurchik
Valentin Trotsyuk - Bidochuk
In supporting roles:
Bogdan Benyuk - Kudil
Vladimir Abazopulo - Ilchuk
Konstantin Stepankov - Old oprichok
Mikhail Ignatov - One-Eyed
Stefan Merzelo - Boychuk
Ostap Stupka - Ivanko
Tatiana Strumkovskaya - Orishka
Bogdan Mortar - Old Marusyak
Natalya Naum - Marusyak's Mother
Igor Slobodsky - Gerdlicka
Tatyana Orlenko - Mother of Father Vasily
Lyudmila Nikonchuk - Oksana
Orest Kuleshir - Oksana's husband
Residents of the Verkhovyna district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region took part in the filming.
We hope that you will like the romantic story about all-consuming fatal feelings, illuminated by the fate of the main characters of the film.
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