Oleh Drach

Acting

Oleh Drach

Born 1959-10-01 · Vodyane, Pustomyty. Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Oleg Tarasovich Drach (born October 1, 1959, village Vodyane, Pustomyty district Lviv region) - Ukrainian actor, director, teacher. Honored Artist of Ukraine. In 1981 he graduated from the Kyiv State Theater Institute named after I.K.Karpenko-Karyi (course of N. A. USSR A. Y. Gashinsky). One of the founders of the Lviv Theater named after. Les Kurbas (1987). Works as the head of the Department of Cultural Studies at the NCSTM them. Les Kurbas. Head of Theater Laboratory "STUDIA A.K. T.". Investigates the nature of man's creative processes. Conducts psychophysical training aimed at awakening creative nature and personality development. From Wikipedia (uk), the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

The Death of Stalin poster
7.0

When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. As they bumble, brawl and back-stab their way to the top, the question remains — just who is running the government?

The Death of Stalin

2017

Battle for Sevastopol poster
7.3

The story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history.

Battle for Sevastopol

2015

Mr. Jones poster
6.7

In 1933, Welsh journalist Gareth Jones travels to Ukraine, where he experiences the horrors of a famine. Everywhere he goes he meets henchmen of the Soviet secret service who are determined to prevent news about the catastrophe from getting out. Stalin’s forced collectivisation of agriculture has resulted in misery and ruin—the policy is tantamount to mass murder.

Mr. Jones

2019

Katyn poster
6.7

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the Soviet Red Army crosses the border. The Polish army, unable to fight on two fronts, is defeated. Thousands of Polish men, both military and government officials, are captured by the invaders. Their fate will only be known several years later.

Katyn

2007

Metropolitan Andrey poster
6.2

Story about Metropolitan of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Andrey Sheptytsky who opposed repressive totalitarian regimes of Stalin and Hitler and chose the path of service to God and people.

Metropolitan Andrey

2008

No artwork available
NR

1227, the last night of dying Genghis Khan. With promises and threats tyrant tries to persuade captive Otrar physician Akerke, the widow of the scientist, who was killed by Mongol soldiers, to save his life. But patriotic woman does not want to deliver the oppressor of his people and severely exposes his bloody tyranny of power.

The Secret of Genghis Khan

2002

Cupid and Demon poster
8.0

The story is based on the true story of a Lviv antique collector who collaborated with the KGB in the postwar years in Western Ukraine. The property seized from the masters was deposited in his collection and, at his will, after the owner's death, was transferred to the Hermitage.

Cupid and Demon

1994

Beshoot poster
7.2

Based on a true story. Two fighters of 'Donbas' Volunteer Battalion get locked inside city of Ilovaysk after regular Russian army enters Ukraine and shells the surrounded divisions of Ukrainian Army in the infamous would-be 'green corridor'. The fighters survive thanks to the help of the locals and manage to break out through the front line to reach the freed territory. Taras Kostanchuk who is playing himself as 'Beshoot' is that same Donbas commander who is the prototype of the story. Half of the actors and extras are real 'Donbas' volunteers who survived the battle.

Beshoot

2019

The Company of Heroes poster
5.4

One hundred soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, led by Michael Duda, fearlessly fighting against the Bolshevics and against the Nazis.

The Company of Heroes

2004

Babi Yar poster
NR

Melodrama about the mass shooting of Ukrainian Jewry at Babi Yar in Kyiv during the Second World War.

Babi Yar

2002

Deadlock poster
NR

The film takes place in Chernihiv in the first days of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. A group of people of different ages and social status find themselves in the basement of a high-rise building, where they are hiding from shelling. After the explosion, the entrance is blocked and everyone stays in the basement for 7 days, facing hunger and constant danger. Under the pressure of fear and uncertainty of who will find them — the Ukrainian army or the Russians — people are divided into warring groups.

Deadlock

2025

Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky poster
5.0

Film tells the story of one of the most difficult and tragic moments of the liberation war of Ukrainian people against the rule of Poland (1648 - 1657 years) - Battle of Zbarazh.

Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky

2008

No artwork available
NR

Police Inspector Mikhail is investigating the murder of a young woman whose body was discovered in a forest. As the body was mutilated, the victim's identity is proving difficult to establish…

A Shared Life

2009

The Secret of Little Rose poster
4.4

Joanna Warczewska, daughter of an eminent writer, is at the peak of her life. Her thriving political career and family happiness are instantly destroyed by a terrorist attack in which her beloved husband is killed. When fate gives her a new chance in life, another blow hits her. Someone sends her photos and documents undermining her family ties and suggesting that her mother has collaborated with the Security Service in the past. Joanna decides to conduct a historical investigation on her own and unravel the mystery that casts a shadow on her family. What she discovers not only makes her look at her mother in a completely different way, but will also make her find her own identity. Joanna will be forced to face the blackmailer herself and make a choice that will change her life forever.

The Secret of Little Rose

2023

Bodo poster
8.5

The story of Eugeniusz Bodo, a famous Polish actor and singer, who was at the peak of his career in 1930s.

Bodo

2017

Stars poster
5.3

A story of passion, rivalry, love, and friendship. Jan Banas, acclaimed Silesian football player of the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to makes his dreams come true on and off the field. Stars is the story of a great love between young people torn by passion and ambition.

Stars

2017

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa poster
5.3

During an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under King Charles XII, struggled for power, Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, which was part of the Russian Empire, signed a pact with the Swedish king promising to support Sweden in its war against Russia provided that Ukraine was given its independence.

A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

2003

Ave Maria poster
9.0

Once in the underpass at the Philharmonic, a singer Lyudmila hears a heavenly voice of a beggar-girl singing "Ave Maria" ...

Ave Maria

1999

The Justice of Wolves poster
3.2

1940. Leningrad. In sixth grader Mickey Polyakov light-hearted and happy life: the father-director, beautiful mother, a large apartment in the city center and many friends. And everything in this life before the war is well until one day he did not suffer at the hands of seniors. Physician ambulance that brought Mick into intensive care, noted strong concussion. But the terrible injury gave Mick a mysterious gift - he can now kill any of his abuser Lashes. So for Miki begins a completely different life, which are closely intertwined reality and mysticism.

The Justice of Wolves

2010

Kino Performance. People's Malakhii! poster
NR

Mykola Kulish and Les Kurbas: executed but unconquered. An innovative documentary version of one of the world's best plays of the 20th century. The film performance is a contemporary documentary adaptation of Mykola Kulish's play. Exploring the nature of human creativity, actor and director Oleh Drach uses his own method of creative improvisation to offer a new perspective on Kulish's classic work.

Kino Performance. People's Malakhii!

2020

Passenger from San Francisco poster
NR

Our film portrays the precarious destiny of a former employee of the Soviet customs service. Sent into 'forced' immigration on an assignment in the 1980s, he is forgotten after the regime changes that take place in Russia in the early 1990s. Supported by neither Russian nor American governments, he is forced into a struggle against the international drug mafia. Alone, he will have to find a way out of a labyrinth of highly complex and unforeseen difficulties.

Passenger from San Francisco

2019

Anny. 'Volga'. Rock 'n' Roll poster
NR

A girl Ania dreams of a young man, a sailor, whom she saw only once in a photograph. At this time, a sailor, who turns out to be illegally transporting weapons, dreams of meeting an unusual girl, leaving a dangerous business and leaving for the islands. Ania reads "Mahabharata", "Iliad", "Elder Edda" and listens to rock and roll every day by the sea. The sailor and the girl are destined to meet in the final, and a faithful friend will help to avoid danger - an old car, "Volga" GAZ-21.

Anny. 'Volga'. Rock 'n' Roll

2011

Vechernitsy poster
NR

Four friends go to an amusement park, where they discover an unusual attraction that works like a time machine and takes everyone back in time to the scenes of old vaudeville shows...

Vechernitsy

1986