CUT! IT'S A WRAP! in Transcarpathia!

Blog 28 April 2020

CUT! IT’S A WRAP! in Transcarpathia!

The Cinema of Transcarpathia - the magic of mountains, legends and the big screen

Daily excursion schedule: Transcarpathia and Europe

For lovers of good cinema, Transcarpathia can be a wonderful alternative for an interesting cinematic outing. In various corners of the Silver Land, over the course of a century, renowned directors shot many films with famous actors and adapted works of world classics. Some of the films shot here won prestigious awards and gained worldwide recognition overall.

The Cinema of Transcarpathia: interesting little-known facts

The sex symbols (Yefremov, Lanovoy, Tabakov) - the actors of the Oscar-winning film “War and Peace” were found drunk every night in the village of Kushtanovytsia.
A significant part of the film epic “War and Peace” (1965) was shot near Mukachevo. The drama based on the work by Leo Tolstoy was first filmed in Russia in 1915, and in the mid-1950s Hollywood also showed interest in the work. Director Sergei Bondarchuk even ruined his health during the filming process (he was in a state of clinical death), yet “War and Peace” - is his most powerful work. For domestic cinema, the film is famous, first and foremost, for winning the “Oscar” in the “Best Foreign Film” category in 1968.
“War and Peace” - is a canvas: magnificent balls intertwine with deadly battles. Everything is clearly divided: the festivities were filmed in St. Petersburg, the war - in Transcarpathia.

World-renowned actors starred in the cinema of Transcarpathia

Throughout the entire Soviet period, a great many works were made in which our region served not only as a historical backdrop but also as the place where the events of the films unfolded:
• “Three on the Highway” with Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
• “The Valley of the Blue Rocks”
• “Carpathian Gold”

The most notable events were the filming of the battle picture “Waterloo”. The “Mosfilm” studio also shot the picture “The Conspiracy of the Doomed”, which featured actors well known at the time - Pavel Kadochnikov and the singer Alexander Vertinsky.

Leontiev, drugs and criticism of Uzhhorod in cinema

The late 1980s, a period when things previously forbidden were shown on screen - drugs, for example. One of the films about this problem - the gripping thriller “The Road to Hell”, which was almost entirely shot in Uzhhorod.

Horrors at Synevyr and “Ivan the Powerful”

However, even now Transcarpathia does not cease to be interesting cinematically. Thus, in August 2011, at the lake Synevyr the filming of a mystical thriller blended with horror in 3D format, “Synevir”, began.
In 2013, the world saw and came to love the documentary film “Ivan the Powerful”, shot based on the works of the Transcarpathian writer Oleksandr Havrosh.

The famous Jean Reno in Transcarpathia

In 2019, near Synevyr, an episode was also shot for the Ukrainian-French film by director Frédéric Petitjean with the working title “The Last Step”, in which the leading role is played by the celebrated French actor Jean Reno.

The Cinema of Transcarpathia: famous films

Here is a list of films that were shot in the towns and villages of the Transcarpathian region. Material from Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia.

Title	Year	Filming location	Director	Comments/Awards
«Koriatovic»	1923	Mukachevo	Karel Just	The original has not survived
«Mariyka the Unfaithful»	1934	Kolochava village		Based on the works of the Czech writer Ivan Olbracht. The film was shot without sound.
«Pisen o smutne zemi»	1937	Uzhhorod	Jiří Weiss
«Hordubalove»	1937	Strabychovo	Martin Frič
«Carpathian Ukraine»	1942	Khust	Kalenyk Lysiuk	Kalenyk Lysiuk came together with his son Petro to Transcarpathia from the USA in early 1939. They managed to film the proclamation of the independence of Carpathian Ukraine on 15 March 1939 in Khust. Later they filmed the battles that raged between the Ukrainian units and the Hungarian army. During one of the battles Petro Lysiuk was killed. Having returned to the USA, Kalenyk Lysiuk continued work on the film: he found soldiers of the Carpathian Sich and organised reconstructions of several events.
«The Battle of Stalingrad»	1949	Uzhhorod (Horiany), Tsyhanivtsi	Vladimir Petrov	Actors: Alexei Diky, Maxim Shtraukh, Yuri Tolubeyev, Boris Livanov
«The Conspiracy of the Doomed»	1950	Kamianytsia, Nevytske	Mikhail Kalatozov	Actors Lyudmila Skopina, Pavel Kadochnikov, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Boris Sitko, Vsevolod Aksyonov, Rostislav Plyatt, Ivan Bobrov, Luiza Koshukova, Oleg Zhakov, Ivan Peltzer, Ilya Sudakov, Sofia Pilyavskaya, Alexander Vertinsky, Maxim Shtraukh, Valentina Serova.
«The Valley of the Blue Rocks»	1956	Berehove	Mykola Krasiy	Actors Andriy Sova, Anatoliy Verbytskyi, Mykola Pyshvanov.
The Duel	1957	Mukachevo, Berezynka	Vladimir Petrov	Actors Irina Skobtseva, Yuri Puzyryov, Mikhail Nazvanov
«Storm over the Fields»	1958	Vynohradiv	Mykola Krasiy, Yuriy Lysenko	Actors Dzidra Ritenbergs, Heinrich Ostashevsky, Danuta Stolyarska.
The Soldiers Marched On	1958		Leonid Trauberg	Actors Sergei Bondarchuk, Andrei Petrov, Erast Garin, Elza Lezhdey
«Over the Tisza»	1958	Vynohradiv, Chop, the villages of Korolevo, Synevyrska Poliana.	Dmitri Vasilyev	For participation in the filming, Vladimir Vysotsky took his first-ever screen test, but did not pass the selection.
On My Green Land	1958	Svaliava	Richard Viktorov, Ihor Shyshov	Actors Mykola Dovzhenko, Zhanna Dmytrenko
«Ivanna»	1959	Mukachevo	Viktor Ivchenko	The film was condemned by the government of the Vatican.
Return to Liuta	1960	Liuta, Solotvyno	Mykola Tevelyov
The Career of Dima Gorin	1961	Uzhhorod		The leading role was played by Alexander Demyanenko, and the cast also included Vladimir Vysotsky - this was his first role in cinema.
«Among Good People»	1962	the village of Kosivska Poliana	Yevhen Bryunchuhyn, Anatoliy Bukovsky	Actors Lyuda Zabrodska, B. Borysenok, Sofia Pavlova, Nina Antonova, Oksana Sluzhenko, Nina Borisova, Andriy Poddubynsky, Yuriy Krytenko
«Summer Is Gone»	1963	Uzhhorod, Svaliava, Uzhok	Rolan Bykov, Nikita Orlov	Actors Vladimir Yevstafyev, Sergei Gudko, Mikhail Pugovkin, Zoya Fyodorova. An honorary diploma at the international film festival in Cannes in 1965.
The Russian Forest	1963	filmed in the Svaliava, Khust, Mizhhirya and Rakhiv districts	Vladimir Petrov	Actors Boris Tolmazov, Rufina Nifontova, Nina Drobysheva, Nikolai Gritsenko
«The Skylark»	1964	Mukachevo, Orikhovytsia	Nikita Kurikhin, Leonid Menaker	Actors Vyacheslav Gurenkov, Gennady Yukhtin, Valentins Skulme.
The Tsars	1964	Lypetska Poliana	Mykhailo Tereshchenko	Actors Semyon Bardin, Georgy Satini, Valery Somov, Vera Titova
War and Peace	1967	Svaliava, the village of Kushtanovytsia, Verkhniy Koropets, Drachyno, Karpaty sanatorium, Lalovo, Mukachevo	Sergei Bondarchuk	Based on the work by Leo Tolstoy, the film won an OSCAR in 1968.
«The Snow Queen»	1966	Berehvar	Gennady Kazansky	Actors Lena Proklova, Slava Tsyupa, Natalya Klimova. The «Golden Eagle» prize of the Colombian capital Bogotá for best youth film.
«Hell Blown Up»	1967	Mukachevo	Ivan Lukansky	Actors Sergei Golovanov, Igor Klass, Vladimir Protasenko, Vladimir Kostin, Gennady Bortnikov, Leonid Knyazev, Sergei Yakovlev, Rudolf Pankov, Heino Mandri, Nikolai Skorobogatov,
«Trembita»	1968	Khust, the villages of Berehvar, Pylypets, Izky, Turia Remety	Oleg Nikolaevsky	Actors Savely Kramarov, Yevgeny Vesnik
«The Punisher»	1968	Uzhhorod	Manos Zacharias	Actors Yevgeny Kindinov, Maria Vandova, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
«The Commissars»	1969	Uzhhorod	Nikolai Mashchenko	Actors Ivan Mykolaichuk, Kostiantyn Stepankov, Fedir Panasenko, Boryslav Brondukov
«Waterloo»	1969	The villages of Nyzhnie Solotvyno, Irliava, Chabanivka	Bondarchuk	The most famous film. Funded by Dino De Laurentiis, with American actors Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer, Orson Welles, Jack Hawkins.
«There Is No Death, Lads!»	1970	Berehove	Bulat Mansurov	Artyk Dzhalliyev, Arina Aleinikova, Yevgeny Zharikov, Vladimir Rubinsky, Anatoly Shitov
«Flight»	1970	The villages of Nyzhnie Solotvyno, Irliava, Chabanivka	Alexander Alov, Vladimir Naumov	Actors Lyudmila Savelyeva, Mikhail Ulyanov, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev
«Seventeen Moments of Spring»	1972-73	Berehvar, Svaliava	Tatyana Lioznova	One of the episodes was shot near the Schonborn Palace, based on a screenplay by Julian Semyonov, with actors Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Leonid Bronevoy, Oleg Tabakov, Leonid Kuravlyov. Separate episodes of «Seventeen Moments of Spring» were filmed in the surroundings of Svaliava, and it was here in particular that R. Plyatt, who played Pastor Schlag, «crossed the border» on skis.
«The Only Road»	1974	Uzhhorod, Kamianytsia, Nevytske	Vladimir Pavlovich	Actors Anatoly Kuznetsov, Dušan Janićijević
«Spring Call-Up»	1976	Uzhhorod, Nevytske, Kamianytsia	Pavel Lyubimov	Actors Alexander Fatyushin, Natalya Zakharova, Leonid Yarmolnik
«The Gypsy Camp Goes to Heaven»	1976	The Mizhhirya area, Vynohradiv	Emil Loteanu	Box office - 64 million people.
«Balada pro banditu»	1978	Kolochava	Vladimír Srámek
«The Duenna»	1978	Kamianytsia, Nevytske Castle	Mikhail Grigoriev	Actors Tatyana Vasilyeva, Irina Muravyova, Yevgeny Leonov, Semyon Farada
“The Artist’s Farewell Performance»	1979	Uzhhorod	Alexander Faintsimmer	Actors Yelena Zelenova, Nikolai Shusharin.
«The Front Behind the Lines»	1981	Kolchyno, the «Sokole» tract, the northern slope of Kushtanivska mountain	Igor Gostev	Actors Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Valeria Zaklunna, Yevgeny Matveyev, Ivan Lapikov
«Three on the Highway»	1983	The Kyiv-Chop route, Perechyn	Anatoly Bobrovsky	Actors Remigijus Sabulis, Martiņš Vilsons, Viktor Yevgrafov
«Two Steps from „Paradise“»	1984	Uzhhorod	Timur Zoloyev	Actors Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Vyacheslav Nevinny
The Legend of Immortality	1985	Synevyrska Poliana, Kolochava, Dubrynychi	Borys Savchenko	Actors Vasyl Fushchych, Heorhiy Moroziuk
«The Zhmeniaks»	1987	Uzhhorod	Alfred Shestopalov	Actors Les Serdyuk, Natalya Naum, Olha Mateshko
«The Action»	1988	Uzhhorod, Onokivtsi, Berehvar, Serednie	Vladimir Shamshurin	Actors Boris Galkin, Georgy Yumatov
«The Hour of the Full Moon»	1988	Mukachevo	Arunas Zhebryunas	Actors Robertas Vaidotas, Maria Probosh
«The Road to Hell»	1988	Uzhhorod, Perechyn, Nevytske, Mukachevo	Mykola Zaseyev-Rudenko	Actors: Boris Shcherbakov, Lyudmila Gurchenko
«Do Not Leave»	1989	Berehvar	Leonid Nechayev	Actors Vyacheslav Nevinny, Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina, Artem Tynkasov.
«A Goal into the Spassky Gates»	1990	Uzhhorod	Pavel Lyubimov	Actors Anatoliy Kotenyov, Alexandra Yakovleva, Boryslav Brondukov, Vsevolod Abdulov
«Carpathian Gold»	1991	Uzhhorod, Berehove	Viktor Zhyvolub	Actors Ivan Havryliuk, Kostiantyn Stepankov, Olha Sumska.
«The Psychic»	1992	Uzhhorod, Mukachevo	Gennady Glagolev	Actors Valery Leontiev, Sergei Yursky, Boryslav Brondukov
«A Wedding with Death»	1992	Chynadiyovo, the Carpathians	Nikolai Mashchenko	Actors Oleh Savkin, Heorhiy Drozd, Heorhiy Moroziuk, Halyna Sulyma, Nataliya Polishchuk, Kostiantyn Shaforenko, Lyudmyla Chynsheva
«The Gadfly»	2003	Mukachevo	Wu Tianming	A 20-episode TV version of the novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich. Actor Andriy Sabinin.
«Import - Export»	2007	Uzhhorod	Ulrich Seidl	cinematographer - Ed Lachman
«When You Least Expect Her»	2007	Poliana, Svaliava district	Tetiana Mahar	Ihor Petrenko, Svitlana Tymofeyeva-Letunovska, Olha Prokofyeva, Andriy Kazakov, Serhiy Rost, Oleksandr Poryvaiev, Anna Kuzina, Bohdan Beniuk, Nataliya Sumska, Volodymyr Horiansky
«The Milkmaid from Khatsapetivka 2: The Challenge of Fate»	2007	Berehvar, Hankovytsia “Chalet”	Pavlo Snisarenko	Actors Maria Kulikova, Dmitry Ulyanov.
«Lesia+Roma»	2008	Uzhhorod	Bohdanenko Oleksandr.	Daruha Oleksandr. Actors Vitovska Irma, Lalyenkov Dmytro
«Synevir»	2011	Synevyrska Poliana	Oleksandr Alyoshechkin and Vyacheslav Alyoshechkin	Horror film
«Ivan the Powerful»	2012	Bilky village	Viktor Andriyenko	Actors Dmytro Khaladzhi, Vasyl Virastiuk, Viktor Andriyenko, Olha Sumska. Based on the book by Oleksandr Havrosh.
«Brothers. The Final Confession»	2012	Synevyrska Poliana	Viktoriya Trofymenko	The «Silver George» prize for best performance in a female role by Nataliya Polovynka
«Gypsy Blood»	2013	Uzhhorod, the Vynohradiv area	Akim Halimov	Akim Halimov
«The Pipe»	2012	Uzhhorod	Vitaly Mansky	About the «Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhhorod» gas pipeline
«Ursus»	2013	Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, the village of Synevyrska Poliana	Otar Shamatava	The leading female role was played by the striking actress Josephine de La Baume, actor Bohdan Beniuk and the bear Tima.
«The City of the Angel»	2014	Tiachiv	Vyacheslav Bihun	Actress Yevheniya Bobrushko
«The Carpathian Circle»	2015	The Mizhhirya area	Edzha Vanlov
“Glorious seven”	2016	Pylypets - the Shypit waterfall	Harald Franklin	Actors: Jerry Quarteng, Sara Salamo, Fernando Corral. The Borzhava ridge is presented in the film as the border of Nicaragua with Honduras
«The Line»	2017	Perechyn, Uzhhorod	Peter Bebjak	Actors Tomas Mastalir, Yevhen Libezniuk, Emília Vášáryová, Zuzana Fialová, Stanislav Boklan, Ryma Zyubina, Oleksandr Piskunov, Kristina Kanatova. A Ukrainian-Slovak film about smuggling on the border between Ukraine and Slovakia. On 3 July 2017, at the 52nd International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary, the film won the Prize for best directing
«Doctor Linner»	2017	Berehove, Uzhhorod	Szabolcs Bunda	A Ukrainian-Hungarian film about the biography of the renowned Berehove doctor Bertalan Linner
«The Last Step»	2018	Lake Synevyr	Frédéric Petitjean	a French-Ukrainian psychological thriller. Actors: Jean Reno, Sara Lind, Gary Dourdan
«A December Tale», 2018	2018	Drahobrat.	Semen Horov	Vasyl Virastiuk, Maria Yefrosynina, Peter Cypriansky
“Zakhar Berkut”	2018	Lake Synevyr	Akhtem Seitablaiev	Actors: Robert Patrick, Tommy Flanagan, Rocky Myers, Poppy Drayton, Alex MacNicoll
«My Thoughts Are Silent»	2019	Uzhhorod. Rakhiv district	Antonio Lukich	Actors: Irma Vitovska, Andriy Lidahovsky