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Valerii Shalyha
Born June 23, 1963 · Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine] (age 63)
Film director, actor, screenwriter, producer. Honored Artist of Ukraine, Member of the Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, Member of the Expert Commission at State Cinema. He was born on June 23, 1963, in the village of Velyki Korovyntsi, Chudniv district, Zhytomyr region. In 1985, he graduated from the theater studio at the Kyiv Academic Theater, named after I. Franko. In 1993, he made his deb…
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Caution! Red Mercury! · 1995Caution! Red Mercury!
★ 4.01995
MovieMysteryCrime
A Duma deputy and his wife have been murdered. While investigating the crime, Major of Criminal Investigation Anatoly Topol encounters an unusual phenomenon — the so‑called “secret red mercury”. Red mercury has all the properties of a typical synthetic substance, but its energy content is many times greater than that of plutonium. Who is developing this mysterious “weapon” and for what purpose, under conditions of the strictest secrecy? Solving this mystery leads Anatoly to very high levels of power...
All Shades of Temptation · 2026All Shades of Temptation
★ 6.12026
MovieThrillerRomance
In Lemberg (Lviv) in 1897, Amelia Kryzhevska-Zeg returns to the family estate where she grew up after her honeymoon. She is full of hope for the future and dreams of opening her own pharmacy. But gradually, her childhood home turns into a treacherous trap, and Amelia's plans become unfulfillable desires.
Echoes · 2020Echoes
2020
MovieDramaWar
The story of the events of 1941, the beginning of the occupation of Vinnytsia, when the mass extermination of Jews began.
Ukraine, Goodbye! · 2011Ukraine, Goodbye!
2011
MovieDrama
Ukraine, goodbye! - Ukrainian film Almanac — a collection of short films about the acute social problem of Ukraine-emigration abroad. The collection includes 25 short films in Ukrainian or Russian.
Lucifer's Case · 2025Lucifer's Case
2025
MovieComedyCrime
A wealthy peasant Herasym Kalytka wants to buy his neighbor's land, but he doesn't have enough money. The unknown offers him to buy one hundred thousand fake money for five thousand. Herasym together with the best man Savka buy this money. But instead of money, they are sold blank paper. In desperation, Herasym wants to hang himself, but he is saved. Kalytka's greed almost ended in tragedy, but he continues to dream of land.
Mushrooms · 2012Mushrooms
2012
MovieDrama
Stepanivna and her friend are two old women. They earn money by selling mushrooms at the farmers market. Women know very good spots, there are always a lot of big and beautiful mushrooms. Their relative is a policeman, he fetches old ladies to the forest by a car every day. If not for this car and his uniform two pensioners would never sell so many mushrooms. The spots they gather mushrooms on are closed for the ordinary citizens, no transport is going there. This is area of Chornobyl Nuclear Plant.
The Long Shot · 2005The Long Shot
2005
MovieHistoryDrama
1941. Ukraine. Second World War. Two enemies meet in German captivity: one from the Red Army, and the second from UPA. Both of them think their way is right.
Hold Near Your Heart · 2017Hold Near Your Heart
★ 8.02017
MovieDrama
2014. Former military Serhii Vitruk cannot find peace of mind. Work is not fun, and there is no understanding with his wife. His only joy is his daughter Zoryanka. And then there are events in the east - ATO. The death of a colleague becomes the last straw. Serhii decides to voluntarily return to the army. His unit enters the environment. And that's where the unexpected meeting happens. What is war or peace now? How to live when somewhere near people are killed protecting your peace?
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