White Shadow

White Shadow

1979 · 80 min · Drama

Based on the novel of the same name by Yurii Mushketyk. For the second year, a laboratory headed by professor Marchenko has been working on the problem of photosynthesis. The work absorbs the entire team – each new result seems to confirm the correctness of the leader’s theory. The scientist Borozna, convinced that his colleague’s research path is mistaken, makes it clear to a doctor that it is time to stop and take a more critical look at the results.

Directed by Yevhen Khryniuk · Written by Yurii Mushketyk

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Yevhen Lysenko Dmytro Marchenko
Vsevolod Shilovsky Vizyr
Irina Tereshenkova Iryna Mykhailivna
Aleksandra Turgan Nelia
Vladimir Tyukin Viktor Borozna
Leonid Yanovskyi Holovko
Zdislav Stomma Koretskyi
Iryna Bunina Lipekha
Liudmyla Lobza Khorol
Vyacheslav Slanko Babenko
Ihor Shkuryn Yulii
P. Kysliak

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