A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
2003 · 5.7/10
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Yurii Illienko
Director & actor · born 9 May 1936 · Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Yuri Illienko (18 July 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Ukrainian film director and screenwriter. He directed twelve films between 1965 and 2002. His 1970 film The White Bird Marked with Black was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Golden Prize.
Illienko was one of Ukraine's most influential filmmakers. His films represented Ukraine and what was happening to it. His films were banned in the USSR for their suspected anti-Soviet symbolism. Only in the recent years have his films been re-released and open to the public.
Where to start: A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa (2003).
As director 13
Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major
1994
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Swan Lake: The Zone
1990 · 6.5/10
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Straw Bells
1987 · 10.0/10
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The Legend of Princess Olga
1984 · 6.7/10
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A Story of the Forest: Mavka
1980 · 5.9/10
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A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers
1979 · 5.1/10
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The Feast of the Baked Potato
1978 · 6.4/10
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To Dream and to Live
1975 · 7.0/10
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Defying Everybody
1973 · 5.2/10
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The White Bird Marked with Black
1972 · 6.2/10
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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
1968 · 7.0/10
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A Spring for the Thirsty
1965 · 7.1/10
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