
Acting
Oleksandr Movchan
Born 1932-03-24 · Nova Ushytsia, Vinnytsia oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Oleksandr Movchan (1932-2006) was a Ukrainian theater and film actor. He finished the Karpenko-Kary Institute of Dramatic Art in Kyiv in 1961, and in the years 1961-1966 and 1971-2006 he was an actor in the Dovzhenko Film Studio in Kyiv, and between 1966-1971 he was an actor in the Soviet Army group in East Germany. His film debut was in 1960 in the film "Кров людська: не водиця" (Krov lyudska: ne vodytsia). He was awarded the title Merited Artist of Ukraine in 2002.
Acting credits
NRDocumentary trilogy about the thorny path of the famous Ukrainian poet, translator, political prisoner Vasyl Stus. Filmed in 1989-1992, it describes the life of the poet, the story of the destruction of the dissident by the Soviet authorities, highlights his influence on Ukrainian society during life and after his death, records the testimony of witnesses, films the liquidated Kuchino camp, in which Stus was imprisoned, the reburial of Stus, Lytvyn and Tykhy in 1989. Consists of three parts: «Come back to me, my memory» (Верни до мене, пам’яте моя), «In the white cold the sun of Ukraine» (У білій стужі сонце України), «Crucified on a black cross» (Розіп’ятий на чорному хресті).
Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus
1992
4.8World War II scattered the Carpathian peasant family of Yaroslava Petrin. She is a dedicated communist, and her husband, son and daughter support OUN-UPA.
High Pass
1982
NRA family drama about life of a few children in Ukraine during thirties.
Escape from the Palace
1975
NRSoviet rocket scientists and workers at a metallurgical plant are developing a new ultra-strong alloy needed for the construction of Soviet spacecraft.
Cosmic Alloy
1964
NRSuccessful film director Dmitry Pavlovich must fly by plane to Moscow and then to Rome. But the phone rings in his house and he is told that his old mother, who lives in Melovatka, his native village, has fallen ill. Dmitry Pavlovich hires a taxi and begins his “autumn journey to his mother.”
Autumn Trip to Mother
1981
9.0A biographical film about the famous Russian pilot Sergei Utochkin, about the first conquerors of the sky who paved the way for Russian aviation.
In Death's Noose
1963
7.3Paleographer and writer Anton Glebovich Kosmich finds in the binding of an ancient book a parchment with encrypted information about treasures hidden in the dungeon of the castle. It gradually becomes clear that the last scion of the family of the Olshansky princes, who collaborated with the Nazis during the war, is also looking for the treasure. In the dungeon of the castle, along with treasures of the 17th century, materials from the SD archive are also hidden. The spaceman is in mortal danger.
The Black Castle Olshansky
1984
7.0A young woman tries to prove herself after being appointed to a team leader in the kolkhoz.
Rains All Over the Area
1978
NRMusical film based on the opera by Mykhaylo Verykivsky, itself based on a poem by Taras Shevchenko. A young girl, seduced by a soldier, leaves her illegitimate son with a wealthy childless family, and then applies to work as a servant to the family.
The Servant Woman
1964
NRNo synopsis available yet.
My Sons' Day
1972
6.5A story about six-graders competing with another classes for a school championship.
F-Mark 'with deceit'
1984
9.0Olya, a second-grader, chose Genka Ogonkov, a difficult teenager, as her counselor, and decided to reform him. She did it well — the orphan Genka turned out to be a good and kind boy.
Just Don't Cry
1980
No synopsis available yet.
Siege
1979
7.0A tragical story of love between two young people during WWII.
You Remember
1979
NRThe leader of a flock of geese talks about the cruelty of people, but not all of them.
The Leader
1978
The girl Tanya likes a young man. She follows him unnoticed through the streets, rides next to him on the bus. At school, in a literature lesson, when the image of Pushkin's Tatiana is being analyzed, Tanya unexpectedly declares that the heroine of Onegin did not love Eugene at all, which confuses the teacher.
Touch
1979
6.0The chain of adventures of a young ten-year-old Baku boy Alik who ran away from home led him to Odesa. Here, the boy made friends with his peers and many other people, and learned his first life lessons. He returned home accompanied by his father and mother, for whom their son's escape became a test of the family's strength.
Mystery of the Ship Clock
1983
8.0In a small Ukrainian village Rudivka, where a rumor begins to circulate that the Second Coming is nigh and that the Messiah is already somewhere in the region, lived the twins. Local people were considering them being one person. The people had got scared, when one of the brothers was killed. They thought that supernatural forces took the law into their own hands. The thought pushed people to committing the terrible deeds. The guesswork brings serious consequences. Based on the novel "Petro Uteklyi" by Valerii Shevchuk.
Miracle in the Land of Oblivion
1991
NRDuring field trials at a military range, the inventor unveils the secret and true purpose of his latest weapon. Based on a short story by Sever Gansovsky.
Firing Range
1985
4.8Sergei Dolganov is a jack of all trades, a man of great soul and open heart. He wanders around weighing cities in search of happiness, and in all the cities where he visits, he builds fountains not for extra money, but only for beauty, in order to bring joy to himself and people. One day, fate brings him to the steppe state farm, where he meets a wonderful girl. Sergei understands that she is the one and only. But only the girl already has a gentleman, and in order to win her love, Sergei needs to try very hard.
Meet Me at the Fountain
1977
7.5Historical and military film about the exploits of fighters during Kyiv defense against the onset of the Nazi troops. In virtually hopeless situation soldiers fulfilled their duty to the end. Capture of Kyiv was the first Pyrrhic Hitler’s victory that in the end led to defeat of Germany during the war.
The Kyiv Direction
1968
9.01944 year. Carpathians. Soviet intelligence officers were tasked with detecting and destroying a strategically important enemy object - a uranium ore warehouse, encoded by the nazis under the name "Paradise".
Two steps from "Paradise"
1985
6.7No synopsis available yet.
Великое противостояние
1975
7.2A detective investigating the robbery also tries to help young man to avoid criminal future.
Inspector of Criminal Investigation
1971