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The Black Valley

1990 · 90 min

A stately historical chronicle of battles and leadership, earnest and spacious, more dutiful than gripping.

Overview
Based on the work of Yurii Mushketyk "Yasa". The action of the picture takes place in the 17th century, when Ukraine, led by the legendary Ivan Sirko, was defending itself from Tatar raids. A story of Ivan Sirko, the legendary Ukrainian originally from the Merefa county near Kharkiv, who was elected the leader of Cossacks eight times, bravely fought and won 53 major battles.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • war
    • survival
    • freedom
    • loyalty
    • power
    Places
    • countryside
    • wilderness
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action5
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    history, adventure, drama
    Directed by
    Borys Shylenko
    Written by
    Borys Shylenko
    Starring
    Ivan Havryliuk, Oksana Drozdova, Georgi Gavrilenko, Mykola Oliinyk, Anatoli Barchuk, Aleksandr Denisov, Ernst Romanov, Mykhailo Hornostal
    Music
    Oleksandr Zlotnyk
    Cinematography
    Arkadiy Pershyn
    Runtime
    90 min
    Country
    Soviet Union
    Languages
    Ukrainian

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