Izrail Goldshtein

Directing

Izrail Goldshtein

Born — Died

1918-02-02 — 2003-02-17

Known for

Directing

Credits

12 titles

Izrail Tsalovich (Tsalovich) Goldshtein (February 2, 1918 – February 17, 2003, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. He was named an Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1988. Laureate of the Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine. People's Artist of Ukraine (2001). He enrolled at the Kyiv Film Institute, later transferring to the cinematography department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (L. Kosmatov's workshop), which he graduated from in 1939. In 1940–1941, he was a cinematographer at the Ukrainian Film Chronicle Studio. He participated in World War II and was a member of the group of frontline cinematographers of the Cent…

Known for

Behind the camera

A Farewell To Cinema poster
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Documentary about post-Soviet society’s abandonment of cinema in favour of the free market.

A Farewell To Cinema

1995

Not Only About Fashion poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Not Only About Fashion

1984

The Pain and Courage of Chornobyl poster
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Poet Borys Oliynyk, as well as party officials and local residents, recount the coordinated cleanup efforts following the accident at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

The Pain and Courage of Chornobyl

Babyn Yar poster
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The film is dedicated to the memory of the victims of Babyn Yar. A memorial service and a requiem rally are shown. The writer I. F. Drach makes a speech. Photo and film documents from the Second World War are used.

Babyn Yar

1989

The Cry of the Bird poster
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Documentary film created in 1990 based on the script of artists Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnichenko. Picturesque landscapes of Kolguyev Island, conversations with the Nenets, intimate personal reflections of Volodymyr and Ada and their work in the workshop. "The Cry of the Bird" is a philosophical parable, the main character of which is the Kolguyev Island.

The Cry of the Bird

1990

The Wall poster
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Documentary about the destruction of the Wall of Memory, the monumental avant-garde reliefs at Kyiv crematorium that artists Ada Rybachuk and Volodymyr Melnichenko had been working on since 1968, after local authorities concreted them over in 1982.

The Wall

1988

Made in USA poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Made in USA

1969

When the City Falls Asleep poster
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No synopsis available yet.

When the City Falls Asleep

1961

Magic Bus poster
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Nameless monologues against the backdrop of a bustling city and relatives seeing off to a medical-labor prophylactic center.

Magic Bus

1982

The case of Father Pamfiliy poster
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No synopsis available yet.

The case of Father Pamfiliy

1959

What‘s in the Soul? poster
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No synopsis available yet.

What‘s in the Soul?

1980

Up to sixteen poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Up to sixteen

1960