Synopsis:

After Dovzhenko’ s death his widow Yuliya Solntseva, who knew about her husband’s work, decided to make this film as the director originally envisioned it himself. Dealing with the question of personal sacrifice for the collective good and progress, the film shows lives of people whose town will be flooded due to the building of a dam.

color, 95 min

PROJECTION:

Sunday 30.03.2008 AT 21:00

Saturday 29.03.2008 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

This is a WW II drama about courageous civilians and soldiers. The main character is a Ukrainian peasant who fights all the way to Berlin and survives many battles and wounds. Finally he returns home to his lover. For this film, based on Dovzhenko’s screenplay, Yuliya Solntseva received the award as Best Director in Cannes in 1961.

color, 91 min

PROJECTION:

Sunday 30.03.2008 AT 19:00

Saturday 29.03.2008 AT 21:00

Synopsis:

Based on Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s war novels, The Unforgettable portrays the history of a Ukrainian family during WW II. The heads of the Chaban family are Petro and his wife who invite their five sons and all other relatives to a family gathering. Even though a war is going on, they are happy that their sons do not have to fight. But soon begins the German invasion of the Soviet Union…

color and b/w, 118 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 01.04.2008 AT 21:00

Monday 31.03.2008 AT 19:00

Synopsis:

This is Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s biography based on his diaries in which he wrote about himself, his realized and unrealized creative plans, sources of inspiration and his films.

color, 77 min

PROJECTION:

Tuesday 01.04.2008 AT 19:00

Monday 31.03.2008 AT 21:00