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This is a metaphorical story about the tragic and mysterious death of the most powerful poet of 1960s, human rights activist, hero of Ukraine Vasyl Stus and his struggle with the Soviet system. The events of the film unfold during the last attempt by the KGB to seduce the poet with a whimsical "freedom".
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$277969
100 min
2019-09-05
Released
Ukrainian
16
7
Vasyl Stus
Valentyna Popeliukh
Vira
Kuznietsov
Zhuravlov
Alla Horska
Leonid Borodin
Armen
Warden 1
Warden 2
Warden 3
Ivan Dziuba
Levko Lukianenko
Mykhailyna Kotsiubynska
Svitlana Kyrychenko
Serhii Paradzhanov
Viacheslav Chornovil
Mykola Shamota
Stus's Lawyer
Zubkov
Judge
Prosecutor
Sharykov
Captain
Policeman in the Park
Lieutenant at the Dance
Police Volunteer in the Park
Oleksandr Horskyi
Yurii Badzo
Les Taniuk
Shymanskyi
Borodin's Lawyer
Camp Doctor
Engineer
Guy 2
Guy 4
Schoolgirl's Mother
Policeman on Khreshchatyk 2
Larysa Kadochnykova
Harmonica Player
Drunkard
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