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Oh Dear, These Guests Have Come to Me

Year
1989
Country
Ukrainian SSR
Duration
28’
Director
Pavlo Fareniuk

A touching cinematic portrait of a woman who survived the 1933 Holodomor and whose life comprised more dramatic moments than a screenwriter could possibly describe. This is one of the first films raising the issue of the Great Famine. The title of the film refers to one of the lines from a 1921 poem by Pavlo Tychyna.

CREW:
Director: Pavlo Fareniuk
Cinematographer: Oleksandr Koval
Sound: Leonid Moroz
Production
Українська студія хронікально-документальних фільмів
Sales:
Довженко-Центр
Director
Pavlo Fareniuk

Pavlo Fareniuk was born in Ternopil region in 1938. In 1973, he graduated from Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv State University of Theatre Arts. He created around 50 films at the Ukrkinokhronika studio.

Selected Filmography

Canvas Letters, On the Shores of the Eternal River, Tree in the Field, I am the People, World of Paraska Horytsvit

6 floor
Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Center
Vasylkivska St. 1
Original language with English subtitles
Hall «ANSHLAG»
Zhovten cinema
Kostiantynivska St, 26
Original language with English subtitles
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Discover Yourself
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Discover Yourself
Year
1972
Country
Ukraine
Director
Rolan Serhiyenko
Duration
37’
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Grandpa Ivan from the Village of Richky
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Grandpa Ivan from the Village of Richky
Year
1978
Country
Ukrainian SSR
Director
Duration
10’
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The Silent Sector
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The Silent Sector
Year
1970
Country
Ukrainian SSR
Director
Duration
19’
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Malanka’s Wedding
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Malanka’s Wedding
Year
1979
Country
Ukrainian SSR
Director
Duration
20’
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Film director Oleksandr Koval. From the ‘Unknown Films’ series
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Film director Oleksandr Koval. From the ‘Unknown Films’ series
Duration
12’
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Home. Native Land
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Home. Native Land
Year
1990
Country
Ukrainian SSR
Director
Duration
110’
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