Cossacks Approaching

Aug 9, 1991

1h 34m

★ 7.0

Overview

Ukraine. The end of the XV century. All gunpowder made in factories suddenly disappears. The company of cossacks led by Maksym Trytuz comes together to find one of the transports that carries gunpowder to the Zaporozhian Sich.

Genres

Adventure

History

Production Companies

National and cultural production center "Ros"

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Cast

Maksym Trytuz

Mikhail Golubovich

Nastya

Inna Kapinos

Overko

Oleg Maslennikov

Malczewski

Oleksandr Zadniprovskyi

Talamara

Andrii Borysenko

Som

Yurii Mazhuha

Ivan

Olexandr Lytovchenko

Konstiantin Artyomenko

Chovnyk

Volodymyr Koliada

Viktor Stepanenko

Jesuit

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