Censored

Sep 5, 2019

1h 40m

★ 7.0

Overview

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".

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

UM Group

Ukrainian State Film Agency

Censored Trailers

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Cast

Vasyl Stus

Dmytro Yaroshenko

Valentyna Popeliukh

Diana Rozovlian

Vira

Evgeniya Gladiy

Kuznietsov

Vitalii Salii

Zhuravlov

Oleg Maslennikov

Alla Horska

Karyna Shereverova

Leonid Borodin

Vladyslav Mamchur

Armen

Akhmed Esmurziev

Warden 1

Oleksandr Valiuk

Warden 2

Volodymyr Hladkyi

Warden 3

Igor Tikhomirov

Ivan Dziuba

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