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The Golden Gates
Genres
DocumentaryTV Movie
Overview
The film-remembrance of the creative fate of the Ukrainian Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko, shot on his diaries. It has his statements about his work, about the role of the artist in society, his plans and sources of inspiration, his artistic style and the peculiarities of his worldview. Used excerpts from his films and documentary footage taken during the director's life, as well as filmed fragments of the unfinished scripts " The Death of the Gods” and “Tsar”.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
80 min
Release Date
1971-03-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
5.7
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Roman Tkachuk
God / Peasant
Mykola Hrynko
Bishop
Pyotr Shcherbakov
Gordei Truba
Valentina Telichkina
Madonna
Nikolai Gubenko
Soldier Ivan
Sergey Nikonenko
Tsar
Boris Sichkin
Nesmachny
Sergey Bondarchuk
Narrator (Voice)
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