Crucified on a black cross

Synopsis

The third film of documentary trilogy «Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus» covers the events from the return from Kolyma in 1979 to the reburial on November 19, 1989. Interviews with the last cellmate of the writer Leonid Borodin, former political prisoners Vasyl Ovsienko, Levko Lukyanenko provide an opportunity to recreate the last episodes of Vasyl Stus's life: the conflict with Romashov, a fictional report about Stus's behavior in the cell, his emotional explosion due to slander, the announcement of a hunger strike, solitary confinement, night from September 3 to 4, 1985.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Stanislav Chernilevskyi
Writing	Writer	Stanislav Chernilevskyi Volodymyr Shovkoshytnyi Dmytro Stus
Crew	Cinematography	Bohdan Pidhirnyi
Editing	Editor	Natalia Akayomova
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