Zvenigora

Zvenigora

1928 · 92 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama, Fantasy

An old man tells his grandson of a legendary treasure buried beneath the hills of Zvenigora, setting in motion a sweeping cinematic poem that intertwines Ukrainian folklore, history, and revolution.

Directed by Alexander Dovzhenko · Written by Maik Yohansen

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

Zvenigora

Our Cinema

Both from Alexander Dovzhenko.

Ukraine TrilogySee all →

More from Alexander DovzhenkoSee all →

Our CinemaOur Cinema · 1940
Our Cinema
★ 9.01940
MovieDocumentary
ArsenalArsenal · 1929
Arsenal
★ 6.81929
MovieDramaWar
A soldier returns to Kyiv after surviving a train crash and encounters clashes between nationalists and collectivists. The story of the suppression of the Bolshevik uprising at the Arsenal factory in Kyiv by the Central Council troops.
EarthEarth · 1930
Earth
★ 6.71930
MovieDrama
During the agrarian collectivization process in the Soviet Union, Vasyl, a peasant member of the youth division of the Communist Party, gets a tractor with the help of a local party organization and plows private boundaries on kulak fields. However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
The Golden GatesThe Golden Gates · 1971
The Golden Gates
★ 6.51971
MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
The film-remembrance of the creative fate of the Ukrainian Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko, shot on his diaries. It has his statements about his work, about the role of the artist in society, his plans and sources of inspiration, his artistic style and the peculiarities of his worldview. Used excerpts from his films and documentary footage taken during the director's life, as well as filmed fragments of the unfinished scripts " The Death of the Gods” and “Tsar”.
LiberationLiberation · 1940
Liberation
★ 6.51940
MovieDocumentary
Wartime documentary by Dovzhenko and Solntseva.
ShchorsShchors · 1939
Shchors
★ 5.81939
MovieDramaHistory
Cheered up by the revolutionary zeal, courage and energy of their leader, Nikolai Alexandrovitch Shchors, in 1919 the peasants and workers' groups gathered in the civil war- devastated Ukraine, to defeat the foreign conquerors and enemies of the revolution. However, it does not take long until a new danger threatens: this time the Polish Pans enter Ukraine, and General Dragomirov marches to Kiev. Shchors, however, gathers the revolutionary forces of the country and brings them to a victorious counter-attack.
MichurinMichurin · 1949
Michurin
★ 5.61949
MovieDrama
About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in the Russian Empire, despite the fact that his ideas are not perceived by the tsarist government, the church and idealistic science. Michurin is supported by prominent scientists of the country and he continues to work hard. After the October Revolution, a small Michurin garden in the city of Kozlov (the biologist's homeland) becomes a large state nursery.
Ukraine in FlamesUkraine in Flames · 1943
Ukraine in Flames
★ 5.61943
MovieDocumentary
A 1943 Soviet war propaganda film by Ukrainian director Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva. It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkiv. The film incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which was later captured by the Soviets.
The Enchanted DesnaThe Enchanted Desna · 1964
The Enchanted Desna
★ 5.41964
MovieDramaWar
Based on the novel of the same name by Oleksandr Dovzhenko. About the childhood of the famous Ukrainian film director Oleksandr Dovzhenko, who was born on the ancient lands of Chernihiv, along the banks the Desna. The film consists of two parts. The first is the world shown through the impressions of the six-year-old Sashko. The second is the recollections and reasoning of Sashko, now an elderly colonel who liberates his native village during the war.
The UnforgettableThe Unforgettable · 1967
The Unforgettable
★ 5.31967
MovieWarDrama
About hardships of the first years of War, which fell to the lot of ordinary people in Ukraine, who got under the yoke of fascist occupation, and heroic struggle against the invaders. A young Russian woman asks a Red Army soldier to spend the night with her in the wake of the Nazi invasion. Fearing she may soon perish, the woman hopes for one night of romance before what could be a horrible demise.
Victory in Soviet UkraineVictory in Soviet Ukraine · 1945
Victory in Soviet Ukraine
★ 5.21945
MovieDocumentary
A wartime documentary directed by Alexander Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva, depicting the final campaigns that drove Nazi forces from Ukraine in 1944–45. Combining frontline footage, liberated cityscapes, and scenes of returning civilians, the film chronicles both the devastation of occupation and the triumph of Soviet arms. It stands as both a historical record of the Ukrainian front and a patriotic celebration of victory at the close of the Second World War.
Poem of the SeaPoem of the Sea · 1958
Poem of the Sea
★ 5.21958
MovieDrama
A Soviet dam project means that many old Ukrainian villages will end up under water. There are conflicts between the dam engineers and villagers who don't want to move.
Chronicle of Flaming YearsChronicle of Flaming Years · 1961
Chronicle of Flaming Years
★ 5.21961
MovieWarDrama
Once again, director Yulia Solnsteva directs a movie that her late husband Alexandre Dovchenko scripted but did not live long enough to shoot. In this wartime drama, the emphasis is on the heroics of both the civilians and the soldiers during times of severe stress in World War II. At the core of the action is one man in particular, whose sacrifices and heroics speak for a much larger group.
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.
The Downfall of DeitiesThe Downfall of Deities · 1988
The Downfall of Deities
★ 5.01988
MovieDrama
While watching Dovzhenko's Earth a young man imagines himself a painter in a Ukrainian village in the 1930s. All is pastoral idyll until the authorities arrive with Soviet wrath for tradition and religion.
Love's BerriesLove's Berries · 1926
Love's Berries
★ 5.01926
MovieComedy
Jean, the hairdresser, is flabbergasted: what is that baby his girlfriend Lisa has put in his arms out of the blue? The fruit of love? Out of the question. From that moment on, the reluctant father has but one thought in his head: he must get rid of the cumbersome 'article'. And, take his word for it, all the ways are good.

More Like This

War of the ButtonsWar of the Buttons · 1962
War of the Buttons
★ 7.31962
MovieComedyDrama
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...
East Is EastEast Is East · 1999
East Is East
★ 6.51999
MovieDramaComedy
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Guns of the Magnificent SevenGuns of the Magnificent Seven · 1969
Guns of the Magnificent Seven
★ 5.41969
MovieWesternAction
When Mexican revolutionary leader Quintero is left to rot in jail by the forces of President Diaz, it's up to his subordinate, Max, to bust him out. With $600 in hand, he crosses the border into America and hires Chris Adams, a mercenary of considerable skill, who uses the rest of the cash on more hired guns. After the team is rounded out by experts on close-combat fighting, explosives, and knife-throwing, they set off to free Quintero.
Under FireUnder Fire · 1983
Under Fire
★ 6.71983
MovieDramaWar
Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
The Bothersome ManThe Bothersome Man · 2006
The Bothersome Man
★ 7.12006
MovieComedyDrama
Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.
if....if.... · 1968
if....
★ 7.01968
MovieDrama
In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. Three Lower Sixth students, Wallace, Johnny and leader Mick Travis decide on a shocking course of action to redress the balance of privilege once and for all.
ParchedParched · 2015
Parched
★ 7.32015
MovieDrama
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
ArgoArgo · 2012
Argo
★ 7.32012
MovieDramaThriller
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
The Honorary ConsulThe Honorary Consul · 1983
The Honorary Consul
★ 5.81983
MovieActionDrama
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum, a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep Revolution from occurring. He is also a remorseful alcoholic. Another person the doctor meets is Clara, whom he immediately falls in love with, but there is a problem: Clara is Charley's wife.
Land and FreedomLand and Freedom · 1995
Land and Freedom
★ 7.31995
MovieWarDrama
Summer 1936: young unemployed communist David Carr leaves Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded, he goes to Barcelona, where he joins another group of fighters.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter