Music ·Romance · Soviet Union · 1953 · 1h 35m

A Cossack Beyond the Danube

Запорожець за Дунаєм

Director

Cast

Ivan Patorzhinsky as Karas Mariia Lytvynenko-Volhemut as Odarka Yelizaveta Chavdar as Oksana N. Sheliyuzhko as Andrei Mikhail Grishko as Sultan I. Kuchenko as Selikh-Agah

Crew

Aleksey Mishurin — Director of Photography Maksym Rylsky — Writer Mikhail Yuferov — Production Design Tsuniya Mayer — Costume Design

Synopsis

A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.

Mood & Themes

opera

Key Collaborators

Vasili Lapoknysh Director Aleksey Mishurin Director of Photography Maksym Rylsky Writer Mikhail Yuferov Production Design Tsuniya Mayer Costume Design

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