Stepan Shahaida

Acting

Stepan Shahaida

Born January 9, 1896 · Bilogolovi, Ukraine

Died January 12, 1938 · aged 42

No biography available.

Known For

IvanIvan · 1932
Ivan
★ 4.81932
MovieDrama
A young farmer Ivan and his lazy father Stepan try to help with the construction of the Dniprohes, but he learns that strength is not enough for a worker and joins the Communist party.
AerogradAerograd · 1935
Aerograd
★ 5.01935
MovieDramaAction
A Russian outpost in Eastern Siberia comes under threat of attack by the Japanese. Aerograd is a new town with a strategically located airfield of vital interest to the government. Work on the new outpost is complicated when tensions develop between workers and a religious sect. Relations between the two countries are further strained in the days before World War II, dating back to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.
Cossacks Beyond the DanubeCossacks Beyond the Danube · 1937
Cossacks Beyond the Danube
★ 9.01937
MovieMusicComedy
Adapted from the opera written by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky.
Rich BrideRich Bride · 1946
Rich Bride
★ 6.51946
MovieRomanceComedy
A comedy about the happy life of Ukrainian collective farmers. Harvesting in one of the Ukrainian collective farms. The tractor driver Pavlo and the best collective farmer Marinka work perfectly. They love each other. I like not only Paul. The official and adventurer Kovynko has long been yearning for the Marinka and building all sorts of intrigues to the Komsomol members.
Fata MorganaFata Morgana · 1931
Fata Morgana
1931
MovieDramaHistory
Based on the Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi’s novel. At the distillery farmers begin to strike. Local rich men without punitive detachment begin reprisals from rebels. Punitive detachment of dragoons, who called from the city, only completes the massacre.
The Last NightThe Last Night · 1933
The Last Night
1933
MovieWarDrama
Historical-revolutionary film about the struggle of the Bolshevik underground against the interventionists during the civil war in Odessa, about the participation of children in underground work.
Semiramis’ PearlsSemiramis’ Pearls · 1929
Semiramis’ Pearls
1929
MovieComedy
It is a history of founding Odesa at the location of former Turkish fortress Khadjibey.
KarmelyukKarmelyuk · 1931
Karmelyuk
★ 8.01931
MovieHistoryDrama
About the uprising of Ukrainian peasants under the leadership of the national hero Karmelyuk against landowners and Polish gentry. In the 1830s, Young Count Piglovsky returns to his estate from Paris. The carriage in which he is riding is surrounded by rebellious peasants. Their attempt to hang the master is canceled almost at the last moment, because it is not the count in the carriage, but his lackey - Ustym Karmelyuk. Ustym really serves as a lackey in the count's house and at the same time leads a peasant uprising. The government sends the army. In a fierce fight, Karmelyuk is almost captured, but he is saved by one of the serfs.

Filmography

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Forest ManForest Man · 1928
Forest Man
1928
MovieDocumentary
The first years of industrialisation. Disguised as a hunter, an ex-White officer Poloz, who is connected to the international intelligence, is hiding in the forest where the construction of a new power station has begun. An intern making photos of the buildings suddenly notices Poloz. Frightened to be exposed, Poloz kills the guy and makes a cut in the base of the scaffolding of the main building of the power station. In face of a failure, counting on his ex-wife Katia’s help, Poloz kidnaps a 10-year-old boy. Hrai, an engineer and the father of the kidnapped boy, finds Poloz’s hiding place in the forest, and his assistant Varrava shoots the White officer at that very moment when he tries to explode the main building of the power station. The film is lost.

Grai, engineer