Rostyslav Synko

Directing

Rostyslav Synko

Born — Died

1933-08-21 — 2010-10-23

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Rostyslav Oleksandrovych Synko (August 21, 1933, Stepano-Krynka, Donetsk Oblast — October 23, 2010, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and sculptor. He was named an Honored Worker of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR in 1983. He was born in the village of Stepano-Krynka, Donetsk Oblast, into the family of an economist. He graduated from the acting department of the Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts named after I. Karpenko-Kary (1955). From 1955 to 1957, he served in the Belarusian Military District Ensemble, performed on stage at the Kyiv Theater for Young Audiences, and then worked at the Kyiv Television Studio (1957–1964). Since 1965, he has been a director at the Ukrteleviz stu…

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Series credits

Behind the camera

Gregory, Don't Go to the Village Dances poster
10.0

Adaptation of the play by Mykhailo Starytskyi. The beautiful widow's daughter Marusia is in love with perhaps the best Cossack in the village, Hrytsko Shandura, who reciprocates her feelings. However, this love is hindered by the young man Khoma, who is determined to separate the lovers so that he can marry the beautiful girl himself.

Gregory, Don't Go to the Village Dances

1978

Thy Father's House poster
NR

The film is about a large family whose relationships are regulated by the father, a man who is honest but sometimes too direct.

Thy Father's House

1986

The Tale about Kyiv poster
NR

TV documentary for the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv.

The Tale about Kyiv

1982

Scary Beast poster
NR

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Scary Beast

1969

People's Malachi poster
NR

Based on the play of the same name by Mykola Kulish. The film is set in the 1920s and tells of a brief period of "introduction" of the Ukrainian language (Ukrainization). This is the story of one crazy person living in the same crazy world.

People's Malachi

1991

People's Malachi poster
NR

Based on the play of the same name by Mykola Kulish. The film is set in the 1920s and tells of a brief period of "introduction" of the Ukrainian language (Ukrainization). This is the story of one crazy person living in the same crazy world.

People's Malachi

1991

Such Lovely Wolves poster
NR

In the school forestry, they discover a lair where a she-wolf lives with three cubs. Sheep go missing on a collective farm and the wolf family is blamed for this. But the young foresters are sure that the "wolf" stealing sheep is one of the collective farmers.

Such Lovely Wolves

1975

As the bloom of spring.. poster
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A film-concert with songs by Ukrainian composer Oleksandr Bilash. The film was produced at the Ukrtelefilm studio in 1971. Recorded from the air and provided by Viktor Ostafeychuk.

As the bloom of spring..

As the bloom of spring.. poster
NR

A film-concert with songs by Ukrainian composer Oleksandr Bilash. The film was produced at the Ukrtelefilm studio in 1971. Recorded from the air and provided by Viktor Ostafeychuk.

As the bloom of spring..

Tiger Trappers poster
9.0

The story about the fate of Andrii Chumak, who escapes from the train, which had to arrive him to Siberian concentration camps. He gets to the Ukrainian village where he is harboring. There he also meets his love.

Tiger Trappers

1994

Songs of a Happy Land poster
8.0

The film tells the story of folk and pop songs from Bukovyna in the mid-1960s.

Songs of a Happy Land

1965

Nightingale from the Village of Marshintsy poster
NR

"The Nightingale from the Village of Marshyntsi was the second musical film on Ukrainian television to star Sofia Rotaru. Sophia Rotaru sang Ukrainian folk songs ("Cheremshyna") and Moldovan songs typical of this region of Ukraine. The film was shot in the Chernivtsi Philharmonic. The young singer appears in the film under the surname Rotar, a Ukrainianized version of the Moldovan surname Rotaru.

Nightingale from the Village of Marshintsy

1966

Kyiv Beggars poster
NR

A story about the dramatic double life of Kyiv's underclass. Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky.

Kyiv Beggars

1992

Kyiv Beggars poster
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A story about the dramatic double life of Kyiv's underclass. Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Nechuy-Levytsky.

Kyiv Beggars

1992