Caprice of Catherine ІІ

Synopsis

The film is based on V. Yurezanskyi’s novel The Missing Village about the struggle of Ukrainian Cossacks for their freedom during the reign of Catherine II. Free Cossacks from the village of Turbai in Poltava region, who were included in registers of Myrhorod Pact, suddenly find out that at the order of Catherine II they become the property of the Ukrainian landlord, pan Bazylevskyi. He treats Cossacks like his usual serfs. Cossacks ask the empress for help, but receive no reply. Then, they rebel and set Bazylevskyi’s estate on fire. The owner and his family die during the fire. The vengeance of the Russian empress is terrible, as dozens of Cossacks are beaten to death, and the village of Turbai is doomed to destruction. The film is lost.

Main Cast

Mykola Nademskyi

Korbe’s script

Age : 44 | Popularity : 3%

Vasyl Krasenko

one of rebels

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Borys Kallash-Verbytskyi

a drummer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Heorhiy Astafyev

executioners

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

P. Kostenko

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Oleksii Kharlamov

Proshka

Age : 57 | Popularity : 0%

M. Parshyna

Ustia, Marianna’s house serf

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Mykola Kuchynskyi

Papko, an otaman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Pyotr Chardynin
Camera	Director of Photography	Daniil Demutsky
Writing	Writer	Volodymyr Yurezanskyi O. Hatov
Art	Art Direction	Vasyl Krychevskyi
Department	Role	Name

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