Censored

Sep 5, 2019

1h 40m

★ 7.1

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

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Cast

Василь Стус

Dmytro Yaroshenko

Кузнецов

Vitalii Salii

Валентина Попелюх

Diana Rozovlian

Віра

Evgeniya Gladiy

Журавльов

Oleg Maslennikov

Алла Горська

Karyna Shereverova

Василь Шиманський

Denys Rodnianskyi

Михайлина Коцюбинська

Myroslava Philipovych

Svitlana Kyrychenko

Slava Krasovska

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