Borys Kryzhanivskyi

Writing

Borys Kryzhanivskyi

Born — Died

1929-02-12 — 1991-02-10

Place of birth

Izium, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine]

Known for

Writing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

At the Sword's Edge poster
7.0

The plot is based on genuine events: a tendency to abandon subversive activities and surrender of one of the leaders of the Ukrainian counter-revolutionary underground, coroner general Y. Tyutyunnik. The young Chekist Sashko Kovalchuk infiltrates the Kiev counter-revolutionary underground.

At the Sword's Edge

1986

The Tale of Ptashkin poster
NR

A simple firefighter, Yasha Ptashkin, dreams of heroism, but no one takes his made-up stories seriously. He is in love with Dr. Vika. In his attempts to attract her attention, Ptashkin constantly finds himself in ridiculous situations.

The Tale of Ptashkin

1965

The Tale of Ihor's Campaign poster
7.0

Prince Ihor is going to confront the enemy army from the Polovtsian Land. The solar eclipse foreshadows the fateful finale of the battle... Epic in content and stylized as Byzantine icons in form, the animation is inspired by Kyiv myths and the masterpiece of ancient Ukrainian lyrics "The Tale of Ihor's Campaign". The film won a special jury prize at the Nyon (Switzerland) festival.

The Tale of Ihor's Campaign

1972

The Man Who Could Fly poster
7.0

The kid by the name of Tomshik recently often dreamed that he could fly. And now his dream came true! The boy was delighted with his new abilities. But the scientific fraternity became interested in such a miracle, and it became very clear that he did not fly the way he should have. And though they did not know how to do it, they began to struggle to teach Tomshik. What will their morals and experiments lead to?

The Man Who Could Fly

1968

Svichka's Wedding poster
NR

The story is based on a play by Ivan Kocherha about love against the backdrop of the craftsmen's uprising in Kyiv in the 16th century. The drama and the animation take place simultaneously in Podil, the center of bourgeois and craftsman life, and on mount Vzdykhalnytsia, where the Lithuanian castle is located. The director Tadeush Pavlenko takes the last three acts of Kocherha's play as a basis, placing the female character Melanka, the beloved of Ivan Svichka, at the center of the plot.

Svichka's Wedding

1982

The Forest Song poster
7.0

A touching story of a forest beauty Mavka who fell in love with a simple guy Lukash. She is the embodiment of nature and genuine human kindness that do not fall to small problems that could ruin their relationship with Lukash. The consumer attitude towards the environment is touched here.

The Forest Song

1976

Behind the camera

At the Sword's Edge poster
7.0

The plot is based on genuine events: a tendency to abandon subversive activities and surrender of one of the leaders of the Ukrainian counter-revolutionary underground, coroner general Y. Tyutyunnik. The young Chekist Sashko Kovalchuk infiltrates the Kiev counter-revolutionary underground.

At the Sword's Edge

1986

The Tale of Ptashkin poster
NR

A simple firefighter, Yasha Ptashkin, dreams of heroism, but no one takes his made-up stories seriously. He is in love with Dr. Vika. In his attempts to attract her attention, Ptashkin constantly finds himself in ridiculous situations.

The Tale of Ptashkin

1965

The Tale of Ihor's Campaign poster
7.0

Prince Ihor is going to confront the enemy army from the Polovtsian Land. The solar eclipse foreshadows the fateful finale of the battle... Epic in content and stylized as Byzantine icons in form, the animation is inspired by Kyiv myths and the masterpiece of ancient Ukrainian lyrics "The Tale of Ihor's Campaign". The film won a special jury prize at the Nyon (Switzerland) festival.

The Tale of Ihor's Campaign

1972

The Man Who Could Fly poster
7.0

The kid by the name of Tomshik recently often dreamed that he could fly. And now his dream came true! The boy was delighted with his new abilities. But the scientific fraternity became interested in such a miracle, and it became very clear that he did not fly the way he should have. And though they did not know how to do it, they began to struggle to teach Tomshik. What will their morals and experiments lead to?

The Man Who Could Fly

1968

Svichka's Wedding poster
NR

The story is based on a play by Ivan Kocherha about love against the backdrop of the craftsmen's uprising in Kyiv in the 16th century. The drama and the animation take place simultaneously in Podil, the center of bourgeois and craftsman life, and on mount Vzdykhalnytsia, where the Lithuanian castle is located. The director Tadeush Pavlenko takes the last three acts of Kocherha's play as a basis, placing the female character Melanka, the beloved of Ivan Svichka, at the center of the plot.

Svichka's Wedding

1982

The Forest Song poster
7.0

A touching story of a forest beauty Mavka who fell in love with a simple guy Lukash. She is the embodiment of nature and genuine human kindness that do not fall to small problems that could ruin their relationship with Lukash. The consumer attitude towards the environment is touched here.

The Forest Song

1976

Around Chess poster
NR

On the example of situations that arise with chess pieces, one can discover diverse unflattering traits of a human character. Three short stories about own benefit and the desire to become the most important and unfair fight. So, we have a chess board, and one of the pawns begins its journey...

Around Chess

1990

Parasolka On The Hunt poster
NR

The animation tells about the adventures of the funny character Parasolka on the hunt.

Parasolka On The Hunt

1973

The Man Who Could Work Miracles poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

1969

Hourglass poster
NR

A new counselor appears in the pioneer camp, whom the guys called the Beard. Boy Petya notices that Beard has a rather strange behavior. The boy decides to figure out what is happening together with his girlfriend Tanya.

Hourglass

1987

View poster
8.0

Man's view of the world around him in different eras.

View

1984