Petro Vesklyarov

Acting

Petro Vesklyarov

Born 1911-06-09 · Talne, Zvenyhorodka Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Ukrainian theater and film actor. Appeared in a number of films, and starred as the character "Did Panas" in a children's television series between 1964 and 1986.

Acting credits

Ivanna poster
8.0

The film tells the story of the tragic fate of a young girl - the daughter of a clergyman, the Soviet partisan. The action takes place in Lviv on the eve of and during World War II.

Ivanna

1960

Viy poster
6.9

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.

Viy

1967

Dmitro Goritsvit poster
7.0

Based on the novel by Mikhail Stelmakh “A Big Family”. The second film of the trilogy (“Human Blood is Not a Water”, “Dmitro Goritsvit”, “People Don’t Know Everything”) tells about one of the first collective farms of Ukraine, the fight against the kulaks and the love of the communist Dmitro Goritsvit for Marta, the Petliurist's daughter, who guilty of the death of Dmitro's father.

Dmitro Goritsvit

1962

Grandpa Ivan from the Village of Richky poster
NR

The main character of the film is grandpa Ivan, a trembita player from Ivano-Frankivsk region. Through his story, Oleksandr Koval returns to his favorite method - looking at the Ukrainian village via intimate stories of his inhabitants.

Grandpa Ivan from the Village of Richky

1978

Artist From Kohanovka poster
7.0

Andrey Yarchuk, the foreman of the collective farm construction team, leaves for the city after Marinka, who was sent by the collective farm to study at an agricultural institute. After learning that the villagers are mocking Andrei, Marinka is transferred to the correspondence department and returns to the village. However, pride does not allow Andrey to return. Lovers will have to go through many adventures before they meet in their native Kohanovka.

Artist From Kohanovka

1961

Weeds poster
7.0

David Motuzka, demobilized Red Army soldier, returns to his native village, hoping to see the changes caused by the revolutionary events. But he cannot see no improvement. The village is ruled by the kulaks and David's childhood friend Kornii Matiukha helps them.

Weeds

1966

Falling Hoarfrost poster
NR

The captain of a foreign ship drops off Hans, a sick sailor with no papers, on one of the islands in the Mediterranean Sea. Silvana, a fisherwoman, finds him and takes him into her home. Hans gets better and, after becoming friends with her son, starts going out to sea to fish. After a serious illness, the sailor forgot his past, and everyone thought he was German. He was happy in Silvana's house. But one day, when he fell ill, Hans began to shout in Russian in his delirium. After he recovered, Silvana was unable to prevent him from returning to his homeland...

Falling Hoarfrost

1969

At Any Price poster
8.0

A story of the adventures of two young boys during WWII.

At Any Price

1960

People Don’t Know Everything poster
7.0

During WWII, Dmitro Goritsvit, a partisan commander, fights against fascists and Barabolei in Ukraine, joined by villagers Marta, Ganusia, and injured Red Army commanders Savva Tur and Mikhail Sozinov.

People Don’t Know Everything

1964

Human Blood Is Thicker than Water poster
NR

The main character Danilo was one of Petlyura’s military commanders. But 1920 began, the struggle against the Soviet power ended, it was the time for the former irreconcilable fighters to return to their peaceful occupations. The only thing is that a former Petlyura’s fighter is not sure, that he is awaited in his own home or at least they understand for what he shed his blood.

Human Blood Is Thicker than Water

1960

The Gypsy poster
8.0

Based on the story of the same name by Anatoliy Kalinin. A young village woman, Klavdiya Pukhlyakova, the mother of a newborn girl, finds a gypsy boy at the crushed kibitka under the tanks. Having pity on the child, she takes him home and raises him as her own son. 17 years pass. Once in the village appears a lonely gypsy Budulai, who has experienced a lot. He very quickly gained the sympathy of Pukhlyakova's adoptive son. Suspecting that Budulai is the father of her gypsy boy, Klavdiya fears that the peace of the family will be disturbed...

The Gypsy

1967

I Have a Friend poster
NR

Based on a story by Alexander Batrov. A film about the relationship between schoolboy Gleb and his grandmother, which starts off very coldly but changes dramatically. The grandmother, a war veteran, comes to visit her grandson for the first time, but he is not at all happy about her arrival, as he was planning to go camping with his friends. However, his tireless and energetic grandmother changes his attitude towards her. And they become best friends.

I Have a Friend

1974

Forget the Word 'Death' poster
7.0

1920. Russian Civil War. Operation of GubCheka (Soviet police) to destroy one of the bands in Ukraine.

Forget the Word 'Death'

1979

Song of the Forest poster
6.2

A young couple on the river bank leaf through Lesya Ukrainka's book "Forest Song". Reading takes the young people to Polesia, where the drama takes place.

Song of the Forest

1961

Farewell, Doves poster
6.3

Genka Sakhnenko, a seventeen-year-old boy, has been passionate about pigeon breeding since childhood. But he begins to make a living, falls in love with the girl Tanya and realizes that it is time to leave his childhood hobbies.

Farewell, Doves

1960

Audacity poster
5.7

A group of Red Army scouts are trying to find a secret Hitler's headquarters in Ukraine during WWII.

Audacity

1971

Oleksa Dovbush poster
4.7

The story of the "Hutsul Robin Hood" Oleksa Dovbush, an 18th century Carpathian Mountains outlaw who's a popular figure of Ukrainian legend.

Oleksa Dovbush

1960

Hello, Gnat! poster
9.5

During the construction of an oil pipeline, an unexploded bottom mine was discovered. The dangerous situation brings back memories of wartime events for diver Gnat.

Hello, Gnat!

1963

Bonivur's Heart poster
5.8

A young Komsomol member Vitaly Bonivur is fighting for Soviet power in the Far East and Primorye. Red underground workers are not the first day want to arrange an escape of their fellow prisoners. And the brave Bonivur takes part in the organization of the getaway, but for counterintelligence he remains elusive. Vitaly Bonivur's aspiration for justice, heroism and determination — courage and bravery of a young man who fights for a bright future.

Bonivur's Heart

1969

Roman and Francesca poster
6.5

A Soviet trading ship sank into the Italian port. Sailor Roman went ashore. In one of the squares he heard singing. It was sung by Francesca. The sailor was delighted with her voice and beauty. They wandered for a long time that day on ancient streets and squares. And the next morning the war began. The Soviet ship had to urgently return to their homeland. It was difficult to part in love, but they believe that they will definitely meet.

Roman and Francesca

1961

The Bread Smells of Gunpowder poster
9.0

Based on the story "Echelon to Germany" by Ivan Shamyakin.

The Bread Smells of Gunpowder

1974

It Was in the Spring poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

It Was in the Spring

1960

Chaotic Flight poster
8.0

Sea elements are fraught with many secrets. No crew is safe from emergencies that may occur at sea when they enter the open sea. The film tells a story that happened with the crew of an old tugboat "Dolphin". The ship fell into a terrible storm and, unable to overcome weather conditions, stood on stones. The crew led by the captain promptly leaves the ship, only the engineer Samokhin remains on the ship.

Chaotic Flight

1978

Trust poster
7.0

Problems of modern villages and economic use of land.

Trust

1972