Drama ·History · Ukraine · 2001 · 2h 24m

The Black Council

Чорна рада

The Black Council poster
Director
Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko
Cast
Aleksey Petrenko as Bogdan Khmelnitsky Bohdan Stupka as Briukhovetsky Oleksandr Bondarenko as Hetman Somko Serhii Romaniuk as Shram Bohdan Beniuk as Cherevan Ruslana Pysanka as Cherevan's wife
Crew
Oleksandr Chorny — Director of Photography Grigori Shton — Screenplay Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko — Writer Panteleimon Kulish — Novel Inna Bychenkova — Production Design
Synopsis

The Black Council gives a vivid picture of the different levels of society in seventeenth-century Ukraine. The main theme is the need for people to be motivated by high ideals as they engage in the struggle of truth with injustice.

Mood & Themes
17th centuryukrainian history
Key Collaborators
Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko Director Oleksandr Chorny Director of Photography Grigori Shton Screenplay Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko Writer Panteleimon Kulish Novel Inna Bychenkova Production Design
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