About the centre dovzhenko centre oleksandr dovzhenko. He ranks with eisenstein and pudovkin as one of the greatest soviet filmmakers. Arsenal 100 years of soviet cinema senses of cinema. Dovzhenka is a former soviet film production studio in ukraine that was named after the ukrainian film producer, alexander dovzhenko, in 1957 with the fall of the soviet union, the. These films were recently restored by the oleksandr dovzhenko national centre, and these modern. Out of 20 of them was chosen the project of valerian rykov, who led his architect group composed of students of the architectural department of kyiv art institute in the construction of the o. Jun 28, 2011 cinema is both theatrical, a medium of actors performing for an audience, and documentary, a medium of images recording actual appearances. Dovzhenka is a former soviet film production studio in ukraine that was named after the ukrainian film producer, alexander dovzhenko, in 1957. Alexander dovzhenko was born in the hamlet of viunyshche located in the chernigov governorate, russian empire now part of sosnytsia in chernihiv oblast, ukraine, to petro semenovych dovzhenko and odarka yermolayivna dovzhenko. Like sergei eisensteins strike 1925, alexander dovzhenkos zvenigora 1928 is an amazing early work that dropped out of sight for many years. That is what the upcoming ukrainian animated film mavka. Earth is a 1930 soviet film by ukrainian director alexander dovzhenko, concerning the process of collectivization and the hostility of kulak landowners.
It was potemkin 1925 and october 1928, arsenal 1929 and earth 1930, that won eisenstein and dovzhenko their international renown in the heroic period of. Alexander dovzhenko is regarded by some to be the most neglected major film maker of the 20th century. Regarded as a silent revolutionary epic, dovzhenko s initial film in his ukraine trilogy along with arsenal and earth is almost religious in its tone, relating a millennium of ukrainian history through the story of an old man who tells his grandson about a treasure buried in a mountain. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the synopsis submission guide. Dovzhenko center combines a modern film storage facility with a climate control system, the only ukrainian cinematographic laboratory, the museum of cinema, paper cinema archives, the media library and its own publishing house. Here, we proudly present one of the great visionaries of the 20th century, alexander dovzhenkos war trilogy, comprising of zvenigora, arsenal and earth zemlya. Moscow distrusted ukrainians perhaps suspecting that they might bear a grudge for the ukraine famine of 1932, which moscow engineered. He was a writer and director, known for zemlya 1930, shors 1939 and life in bloom 1949. Natsionalna kinostudiya khudozhnikh filmiv imeni o. A vital influence on the films of andrei tarkovsky, earth is regarded as one of the greatest films ever made featured on the list of ten greatest films at the brussels world.
Cinema experiment anthology of ukrainian film critics of the 1920s. Earth, vasyls death excerpt alexander dovzhenko, 1930. Italian critics called dovzhenko homer of the movie, applause ended shows in. Arsenal is, on the one hand, quite primitivelooking and features some striking departures from the principles of socialistrealism supposedly already being enforced by soviet filmpolitical authorities at the time of its release such as the horse who speaks, in intertitles of course, as soviet cinema was to remain silent for several more years. An architect and engineer, he became interested in a theatrical career and worked as. His paternal ancestors were ukrainian cossacks who settled in sosnytsia in the eighteenth century, coming from the neighbouring province of poltava. On november 18 and 20, kulturfilm autumn season of the series of lectures on cinema will. When placed together, they chronicle ukraine s tumultuous transformation from a pastoral, traditional, society into a modern communist state.
Two from three his most successful films, arsenal and earth, were created. The centers activity is focused on preservation, restoration, research and increase of the national ukrainian film fund. He began his film career in 1926, making his directorial debut with the short. Earth, vasyls death excerpt alexander dovzhenko, 1930 on. Since its release, earth has remained alexander dovzhenko s most famous work. Zvenigora is the first of the revered ukrainian director alexander dovzhenkos silent ukraine trilogy which also includes arsenal 1928, and. Combining images from ukrainian history and folklore, stark realism, visual poetry, propaganda, and gentle humor, his films celebrated nature and mans relationship to the land.
When a mother hides another mothers son, she faces her destiny, same way the millions of mothers did so. State cinema agency supported the development of animation and it helped us. Aleksandr dovzhenko was born on september 10, 1894 in vyunishche, sosnitsa ueyzd, chernigov governorate, russian empire as aleksandr petrovich dovzhenko. The 10 closest hotels to dovzhenko cinema studo museum. The first film in dovzhenkos silent trilogy, which brought him the reputation of a leading ukrainian film director, ignited a fierce debate about the national cinema. The circle of cinema at dovzhenko centre on september 6, a citizens initiative for opening malevych institute in kyiv is holding a brainstorm meeting titled malevych. Like jeanluc godard, like ousmane sembene, like andy warhol, like jeanmarie straub and daniele huillet, dovzhenko pushes in both directions at once, and his films, like few others of his time, combine overt theatricality with vivid documentary imagery. Zvenigord 1928, arsenal 1929, and earth 1930 used editing for lyric ends and celebrated the lives and work of his fellow ukrainians. He is best known for the second film in his distinguished ukraine trilogy, earth 1930 an exquisitely photographed tribute to nature and ukranian village life. For larger filmographies of dovzhenkos entire canon see carynnyk, marco alexander dovzhenko the poet as filmmaker. The annual cambridge festival of ukrainian film faculty of. He ranks with eisenstein eisenstein, sergei mikhailovich, 18981948, russia. Emotional intensity and mystical symbolism often took precedence over narrative structure in his films, many of which.
The name of the publication series and the substantive material in each issue. Ukraine has had an influence on the history of the cinema. In the films opening titles, dovzhenko defines the film as a historicalepic. Dovzhenkocenter combines a modern film storage facility with a climate control system, the only ukrainian cinematographic laboratory, the museum of cinema, paper cinema archives, the media library and its own publishing house. The dovzhenko film studios is a former soviet film production studios located in ukraine that were named after the. Alexander dovzhenko, a soviet and ukrainian physician, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. This outstanding work is an early soviet example of poetic cinema.
Dovzhenko got into trouble because he was, as well as being a communist, a ukrainian. The film tells the story of a magical creature, mavka, who is based on the fairy play forest song by lesia ukrainka and slavic. Praised for its aesthetic qualities, dovzhenko s ukrainian trilogy is considered among the best silent films in the history of the world cinema. Nodialogue adaptation of original story mother by dovzhenko, ukrainian homer of cinema. Aleksandr dovzhenkos films include earth, arsenal, zvenigora, the end of st. Because of political problems, however, he was able to complete only seven featurelength films. Music, dance, silent films and more slated for schimmel.
The studios began in 1920s when the all ukrainian photo cinema directorate vufku announced a project proposition for the construction of a cinema factory in 1925. The storyline of earth, dovzhenkos nextand greatestfilm, is deceptively simple. Ukrainian homer of cinema documentary short special thanks. Alexander dovzhenko 18941956 is the ukrainian film director best known around the world. Dovzhenko is a ukrainian surname derived from the ukrainian word ukrainian. It covers soviet films from the beginning of the sound era which, even more so than in most european countries began much later than in the u. Home ua ukrainian film office items sound stages, studio spaces dovzhenko national feature film studio.
The silent trilogy for larger filmographies of dovzhenkos entire canon see carynnyk, marco alexander dovzhenko the poet as filmmaker. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Nov 16, 2017 dovzhenkos trilogy as well as dziga vertovs trilogy which includes man with a movie camera, eleventh and enthusiasm was produced by the allukrainian photocinema directorate vufku during two shortlived policies of the soviet state in the 1920s. Dovzhenko was an influence not just on tarkovsky, but on terence malick. Dovzhenko, aleksandr article about dovzhenko, aleksandr. Ukrainian films 20182019 ukrainian films 20162017 ukrainian films 20142015 ukrainian documentaries 20172018. Siegfried kracauer, the famous film theorist wrote. Emotional intensity and mystical symbolism often took precedence over narrative structure in his films, many of which concerned the russian civil war 191820 and the. The overall effect of arsenal is quite at odds with other familiar soviet films made at the same time, such as eisensteins the old and the new formerly the general line, 1929 even if these may have been to some extent influenced by dovzhenkos movie. His films often focused on the lives and work of fellow ukrainians.
Oleksandr dovzhenko national film studio, 44 peremohy ave. It has gained a reputation for uncompromising lineups with local djs at the forefront, as well as its impressive brutalist locations. Bongos boxset presents his three major works in a single boxset. Find alexander dovzhenko movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets. While arsenal does not possess the same historical breadth as zvenyhora, it does follow zvenyhora in having the same seven part episodic division. Alexander dovzhenko is regarded by some to be the most neglected major filmmaker of the 20th century. The fact has made him into an ukrainian cultural icon since the soviet union broke up. After more than a year in detention, the helmer of 2011s gaamer is now on trial, facing charges of terrorism, organization of a terrorist group and arms trafficking. Born to ukrainian peasants, dovzhenko graduated from teachers college and. Dovzhenko national feature film studio ua ukrainian. A ukrainian retrospective from dovzhenko centre will be screen in kinopanorama cinema, kyiv. Posts about aleksandr dovzhenko written by michaelgloversmith. When placed together, they chronicle ukraines tumultuous transformation from a pastoral, traditional, society into a modern communist. It was built in 1987 according to an individual project based on the typical functional design.
She lives during the world war ii in ukraine occupied by nazi germans. Dovzhenkos film are the primary source of the ukrainian poetic cinema of. Kicking off huris series ukraine in the flames of the 1917. Because the film seems to cause so much narrative confusion 111, a brief description and summary of the events and figures portrayed will be given from the.
The ica, in partnership with the ukrainian institute in london and the oleksandr dovzhenko national centre in kyiv, ukraine, presents a retrospective of oleksandr dovzhenkos silent film masterpieces the socalled ukrainian trilogy. Finding its roots in a regional variant of the oral and musical form of the epic, the type of poetic epic dovzhenko references in arsenal is the duma or traditional ukrainian oral lament. August 29 1894 november 25, 1956, was a ukrainian soviet screenwriter, film producer and director. Together these films chronicle the transformation of dovzhenkos native ukraine from a pastoral feudal society to an industrialized communist state. Ukrainian movie hitting european film and animation forums. Aleksandr dovzhenko, a motionpicture director who brought international recognition to the soviet film industry during the 1930s. Unpopcorned dovzhenko igor sikorsky kyiv polytechnic institute.
Stepan shkurat, semyon svashenko, yuliya solntseva, yelena maksimova, nikolai nademsky, ivan franko david thomson, in his a biographical dictionary of film, notes that alexander dovzhenko was. Release dates 2 also known as aka 2 release dates estonia 5 december 20 limited france 24 june 2014 rerelease also known as aka original title dovzhenko. The physical beauty of his films brought him great acclaim, but earth was. With aleksandr dovzhenko, serhiy trymbach, sergei m. Part of the fascination of dovzhenkos work lies in such contradictions, even. This is meant as a companion piece to my silent soviet cinema primer from last year. Dovzhenko national feature film studio ua ukrainian film. Ukrainian institute london, national olexander dovzhenko centre, kyiv, ukraine and institute of contemporary arts, london will be screening this film as part of a olexander dovzhenkos silent trilogy. Along with vsevolod pudovkin and sergei eisenstein, dovzhenko is often cited as one of the most important soviet filmmakers of the time. The trilogy is part of the ukrainian institutes series, the century of.
The search for new forms, often transposed from other media, was common in early slavic modernism which drew on musical forms. In 2012 cambridge ukrainian studies partnered with the dovzhenko centre kyiv to bring to cambridge two uk premieres. The party series started in kyiv a few years ago and has been held every couple of months at different locations in the ukrainian capital and a few other cities in europe. Dovzhenkos initial film in his ukraine trilogy along with arsenal and earth is almost religious in its tone, relating a millennium of ukrainian history through the story of an old man who tells his grandson about a treasure buried in a mountain. The velvet light trap 57 2006 105107 liber, george o. Alexander dovzhenko celebrity profile check out the latest alexander dovzhenko photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. We hope that from 2018, with an increase in the budget allocated to cinema, animation will be supported. He died on november 25, 1956 in moscow, russian sfsr, ussr now. Dovzhenko cinema is located in the common public center of the residential district of sykhiv. The film is dedicated to the memory of over 10 million civilians who died during the.
That dovzhenko was commissioned to direct precisely such a film seems, in retrospect, either a test of loyalty since he was ukrainian himself and had been an enthusiastic nationalist only a couple of years before, just prior becoming a filmmaker or a trap on stalins part. Nodialogue adaptation of mother, original story by dovzhenko known as the ukrainian homer of cinema. Since its release, earth has remained alexander dovzhenkos most famous work. It looks like we dont have a synopsis for this title yet. Aleksandr dovzhenko celebrity profile check out the latest aleksandr dovzhenko photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Dovzhenkos zemlia earth will befound in chapter ii, part 6, but also in part v, as chapters in books listed there. What do ukrainian animated films need to be successful in the european market.
Aleksandr dovzhenko original story, vyacheslav bihun cowriter as slavik bihun. The ukrainian filmmaker alexander dovzhenko 18941956 is considered by many to have been one of the worlds greatest film directors. Oleksandr dovzhenkos arsenal harvard ukrainian research. In the pantheon of soviet film directors the ukrainian alexander dovzhenko often takes the role of poet, and it is never long into any discussion of him before the word appears. In contrast to his early works, in earth dovzhenko adopts a more conventional narrative. Ukrainian soviet cinema program filming the revolution.
Ukrainian film industry by oleksandr dovzhenko national. A unique story and quality animation are the most important things. Alexander petrovich dovzhenko stands beside sergei eisenstein and vsevolod pudovkin as one of the soviet unions greatest early filmmakers, noted for his passionately poetic, serious and extremely personal films. Chervonoi kalyny, 081 the oleksandr dovzhenko cinema. He ranks with eisenstein eisenstein, sergei mikhailovich, 18981948, russian film director. From his humble beginnings in the ukrainian peasantry, dovzhenko developed into a volatile artist with a great belief in cinema as an art form for the people. One photograph of a series taken by eadweard muybridge of a running horse. Alexander petrovich dovzhenko or oleksander petrovych dovzhenko was a ukrainian soviet screenwriter, film producer and director.
Prominent ukrainian directors include oleksandr dovzhenko, dziga vertov and serhiy paradzhanov. Dovzhenko s trilogy as well as dziga vertovs trilogy which includes man with a movie camera, eleventh and enthusiasm was produced by the all ukrainian photo cinema directorate vufku during. An inspiring portrait of dovzhenko, one of the greatest film directors, known as homer of cinema. Its overwhelming visual beauty and complex editing convey a sensual celebration of life. Bongos box set presents his three major works in a single box set. The project was drawn up by a group of authors that consisted of architects anatoliy vashchak, vasyl kamenshchyk, yevheniya minkova and constructors m. Dovzhenko, aleksandr article about dovzhenko, aleksandr by. Aleksandr dovzhenko was born on september 10, 1894 in vyunishche, sosnitsa. When hbo debuted its impeccable chernobyl miniseries last year some 33 years after the event. Alexander petrovich dovzhenko or oleksander petrovych dovzhenko ukrainian.
But these events serve as the framework for what is a tremendously moving panorama of rustic life and the almost tranquil admission. Ethno music, endangered species, costumes from leading fashion designers, and animation inspired by nature and traditions. Day 2 with maayan nidam and thomas melchior closer. Aleksandr dovzhenko, in full, aleksandr petrovich dovzhenko, born sept.
Music, dance, silent films and more slated for schimmel centers 201516 season by bww news desk. Oleksander petrovych dovzhenko, a ukrainian film director, better known under russified name alexander dovzhenko. The 10 closest hotels to dovzhenko cinema studo museum, kiev. Governorate, russian empire now sosnitsa, sosnitsa raion, chernigov oblast, ukraine. On november 18 and 20, kulturfilm autumn season of the series of lectures on. Alexander petrovych dovzhenko 18941956 was a ukrainian writer, widely recognized for his abilities as a producer and director of films. Alexander dovzhenko 1 soviet filmmaker alexander dovzhenko 2 18941956 made several russiancinema classics of the 1920s and 1930s, but his heroic epics of peasants triumphing over a harsh, forbidding landscape never quite fully fit the political ideologies of the stalinist era.