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The Golden Gates

The Golden Gates

★ 6.5/10•1971•1h 20m•Documentary•TV 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”.

Alexander Dovzhenko · Writer

Yuliya Solntseva · Director

Yuliya Solntseva · Writer

Valeriy Karen · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 20m
LanguageRU
Release DateMar 1, 1971

Actors

Roman Tkachuk

Roman Tkachuk

God / Peasant

Mykola Hrynko

Mykola Hrynko

Bishop

Pyotr Shcherbakov

Pyotr Shcherbakov

Gordei Truba

Valentina Telichkina

Valentina Telichkina

Madonna

Nikolai Gubenko

Nikolai Gubenko

Soldier Ivan

Sergey Nikonenko

Sergey Nikonenko

Tsar

Boris Sichkin

Boris Sichkin

Nesmachny

Sergei Bondarchuk

Sergei Bondarchuk

Narrator (Voice)

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