Oles Sanin

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Oles Sanin

Born July 30, 1972 · Kamin-Kashyrskyi, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (age 54)

Oles Hennadiyovych Sanin (Ukrainian: Олесь Геннадійович Санін; born July 30, 1972, in Kamin-Kashyrskyi) is a Ukrainian film director, actor, cinematographer, producer, musician and sculptor. An Honored Artist of Ukraine (2014); he was also awarded the Alexander Dovzhenko Ukrainian State Award. Born in Kamin-Kashyrskyi in the Volyn Oblast. He graduated of the Ivan Karpenko-Kary National University…

Known For

DovbushDovbush · 2023
Dovbush
★ 7.02023
MovieHistoryDrama
In the early eighteenth century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. The two Dovbush brothers become opryshkos - mountain outlaws. But the two brothers become enemies - one cares only about money, the other - Oleksa - fights for his people. The Carpathians are convulsed with a wave of uprisings. The aristocracy uses its military might to try to kill Dovbush and destroy his legend. But Dovbush outwits them. The desperate lords devise a devious plan and attack the invincible outlaw's Achilles heel - his love for his childhood sweetheart, Marichka. Who will be the assassin to attack the Opryshko whose immense strength and bravery inspired folk tales? Will the lords' treacherous plan destroy the hero before he can lead his people to freedom?
The GuideThe Guide · 2014
The Guide
★ 7.92014
MovieHistoryDrama
American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-30s Soviet Ukraine.
Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in UkraineBreaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine · 2017
Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine
★ 7.42017
MovieDocumentary
The film looks at people transformed by a democratic revolution, who give up their normal lives to fight a Russian invasion, in a war which has killed 10,000 and displaced 1.9 million Ukrainians.
MatchMatch · 2012
Match
★ 5.12012
MovieDramaHistory
Based on the true story of the "death match" where the Soviet team "Start" scored its second victory over the German team «Flakelf» on August 9, 1942.
Assassination: An October Murder in MunichAssassination: An October Murder in Munich · 1995
Assassination: An October Murder in Munich
★ 7.01995
MovieDramaHistory
The film covers the period from 1947, when UPA troops broke with fights abroad, and to autumn of 1959, when in Munich KGB agent Bohdan Stashynskyi killed Stepan Bandera.
AnnaAnna · 2019
Anna
★ 10.02019
MovieDrama
French monk Dominic is sent to Kyiv, pretending to be a photographer for a French fashion magazine. He has to make a photo inside Ukraine's oldest Cathedral. Dominic is accompanied by mysterious assistant, who in reality is the member of the French secret order, sent to Kyiv after news that one ancient artifact may be in danger...
Marrying DeathMarrying Death · 1992
Marrying Death
★ 7.91992
MovieThrillerDrama
End of the 1930s. The times of Stalin's terror. Lieutenant Scherbakov got the order to shoot several "enemies of the people". Unexpectedly, a rural wedding found itself at the crime scene. Pursuant to the instruction, witnesses were also eliminated...
Paper HeartPaper Heart · 2017
Paper Heart
2017
MovieDrama
Every day, a man parks a car in the pedestrian zone. One day, he notices that he almost ran into a young tree. After that, he orders fences for all the seedlings so that they are not worn by other drivers.

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DovbushDovbush · 2023
Dovbush
★ 7.02023
MovieHistoryDrama
In the early eighteenth century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. The two Dovbush brothers become opryshkos - mountain outlaws. But the two brothers become enemies - one cares only about money, the other - Oleksa - fights for his people. The Carpathians are convulsed with a wave of uprisings. The aristocracy uses its military might to try to kill Dovbush and destroy his legend. But Dovbush outwits them. The desperate lords devise a devious plan and attack the invincible outlaw's Achilles heel - his love for his childhood sweetheart, Marichka. Who will be the assassin to attack the Opryshko whose immense strength and bravery inspired folk tales? Will the lords' treacherous plan destroy the hero before he can lead his people to freedom?

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