Bohdan Stupka

Acting

Bohdan Stupka

Born — Died

1941-08-27 — 2012-07-22

Place of birth

Kulykiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

Known for

Acting

Credits

73 titles

Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a popular Ukrainian actor. At the 26th Moscow International Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in the film "Our Own". Stupka has played more than a hundred roles in films and over fifty in the theater. Stupka has been awarded the titles Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of the USSR, and Hero of Ukraine (Order of the State, 2011), as well as a number of film awards. Later in his career he became the Minister of Culture of Ukraine.

Known for

Soldiers of Freedom poster
4.4

The action of the epic film takes place in the second half of World War II. The plot focuses on the liberation of European countries from German occupation and the anti-fascist activities of the communist parties of these countries. After the victory at Stalingrad, a decisive turn occurred during the war. The main aim is the rallying of all patriotic forces, the creation of a national anti-fascist front in the struggling countries. The swift offensive of the Soviet troops, problems with the opening of a second front, major operations and the offensive of the Soviet army lead to the liberation of Europe. Rebellions are rising in different countries - such as the heroic uprising in Warsaw, in Slovenia, Bucharest and other cities. Brave heroes who performed immortal feats in the name of the happiness of mankind and freedom.

Soldiers of Freedom

1977

Once Upon a Time in Rostov poster
7.0

USSR, June 2, 1962. After the reduction of wages and price increases, residents of Novocherkassk went to a peaceful demonstration. But passions quickly heated up and led to a tragedy - the shooting of protesting workers, despite the protests of General Shaposhnikov. The authorities manage to hush up the tragedy, they take a non-disclosure agreement from witnesses, and all those who disagree receive prison sentences.

Once Upon a Time in Rostov

2012

Stara baśń. Kiedy słońce było bogiem poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Stara baśń. Kiedy słońce było bogiem

2003

Частный заказ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Частный заказ

2007

East/West poster
6.4

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.

East/West

1999

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba poster
5.1

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

2009

Film credits

2010s · 5 titles

2000s · 19 titles

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba poster
5.1

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

2009

Sappho poster
4.3

On honeymoon on the island of Lesbos, a woman falls for the daughter of a Russian archaeologist.

Sappho

2008

Chinese Tea-Set poster
5.5

The film is set in 1913 Russia during the celebrations of the Tricentennial Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty. Rich Russian merchants are celebrating their wealth by gambling and playing poker. They are traveling aboard the luxurious cruise liner "St. Nikolai" on Volga river, oblivious to the fact that several gangs of crooks and con-artists are stealing their money in the game. Their target is the wealthiest Russian tycoon Satanovsky.

Chinese Tea-Set

2000

A Driver for Vera poster
6.1

The film is set during 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, then a secret Navy Base in the Soviet Union. General Serov hires Viktor, a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his private chauffeur. In a jet-black "ZIM" limo, Viktor is chauffeuring the General's disabled daughter Vera. Viktor is oblivious to the hidden agenda of the KGB agent Saveliev, who manipulates everyone behind the scenes in the old rivalry between the Army and KGB.

A Driver for Vera

2004

Old Men: Colonels poster
1.0

The adventures of two old friends: Andrey Andreevich - the former KGB colonel and Oleg Borisovich - former chief of police.

Old Men: Colonels

2007

Our Own poster
6.3

It is August 1941. With the battle line far away in the east, three soldiers who have managed to escape from captivity find it difficult to hide: the territory is occupied by the enemy. The local woods are not safe: you can easily get embogged. Are the villagers loyal? Nobody can say. There is an old man who offers to help them. Is he reliable enough? He may kill them or report them to the local German authorities. Anything may happen, but one of them, the sniper, is his son who is his youngest, his dearest.

Our Own

2004

The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God poster
4.9

In IX century Europe, on the brink of Poland's birth, a cruel prince, Popiel, murders his cousins to ensure his son's succession. His crimes lead to an uprising of his subjects lead by the former commander of Popiel's army, Piastun, and a young hunter and warrior, Ziemowit. Meanwhile Ziemowit falls in love with Dziwa, lovely girl who is to become a priestess in the local temple ...

The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God

2003

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

18-14 poster
7.2

Detective story set up in the time and place of young Pushkin, at Tsarskosel'sky Liceum.

18-14

2007

Alexander: The Neva Battle poster
4.3

Young prince Aleksandr has to hold out against two enemies - the Horde in the east and the Teutonic order and Sweden in the west. He discovers that some boyars are plotting against him and are ready to betray Novgorod to the Swedes and the Germans to boost their trade. Meanwhile, his best friend falls under suspicion, as somebody tries to poison the young prince at his own wedding feast. Aleksandr has no way out - to defend his people against the invaders and to find the true poisoner.

Alexander: The Neva Battle

2008

Two in One poster
2.5

This celebrated director's "exquisite cruelty" appears front and center when the death of a stage actor turns a theatrical drama into a real one. Two in One's two parts, "Stagehands" and "Woman of a Lifetime," celebrate the psychological richness that lurks just beneath the surface of banal reality - if murderous stagehands, lascivious fathers and vengeful daughters can be described as banal.

Two in One

2007

And a Warm Heart poster
5.8

A businessman, spoiled by the good life, learns that he suffers from a serious heart condition. He can only survive by finding a donor immediately. In the hospital, he accidentally meets a young man whose grief and job loss have taken away all his will to live. He is suicidal, so he is the perfect donor, and they must find a way to help him leave this world...

And a Warm Heart

2008

A Hare over the Abyss poster
6.7

Once upon a time, in the seventy-first year of the last century, the relived two bureaucrats in Moldova: the First Secretary and the Second Secretary of the Communist party. The Second Secretary was more important than the First Secretary, since he had befriended the Tsar of the whole Soviet Union - Leonid Brezhnev. The Moldovan Republic is preparing for a visit from the great Brezhnev when Lautar, a poor musician, finally gets up the nerve to ask the local gypsy Baron for his daughters hand in marriage. To everyone surprise, the baron gives the couple his blessing, but on one condition: that Lautar acquire Brezhnev's personal limousine as a gift for the bride, and that Brezhnev come to the wedding

A Hare over the Abyss

2006

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

The Three and the Snowflake poster
2.2

Three friends are traveling to Amsterdam where they suddenly meet Katya - a young girl who soon become very important for the two of them.

The Three and the Snowflake

2007

Gogol the Bird poster
7.7

This biographical picture that was made for the 200th anniversary of Nikolai Gogol,is filmed in the unique style of the author Leonid Parfyonov. Documentary shows that the author of "Dead Souls", "The Inspector General" and "Taras Bulba" is not the founder of realism in Russian literature, but a modern and actual avant-garde writer who created works hitherto unprecedented, full of magic and phantasmagoria.

Gogol the Bird

2009

Weird Christmas poster
NR

The widow of a very wealthy man loves charity. She believes that the money she inherited should also serve other people. Therefore, she promises to spend a significant amount of money to cover the entire city with artificial snow for the New Year holidays. After all, the lack of snow in recent years has been a real disaster for children. The little ones suffer because they can only see a real snow-white fairy tale on television. But the grown-up children of the deceased husband do not share their stepmother's views. They want to take all the money for themselves. They send Olga Nikolaevna as far away from the city as possible and set about searching everywhere for valuable securities.

Weird Christmas

2006

One Love of My Soul poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

One Love of My Soul

2007

Stealing Tarantino poster
NR

A few Russian guys are trying to steal a new film by Quentin Tarantino, but not only to sell it, but to show the never-before seen film on a wedding of their friends. Certainly a lot of interesting stuff happens to them on their quest for the movie.

Stealing Tarantino

2006

1990s · 12 titles

East/West poster
6.4

June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load from France arrives in Odessa, only a physician and his family are spared execution or prison. He and his French wife (her passport ripped up) are sent to Kiev. She wants to return to France immediately; he knows that they are captives and must watch every step.

East/West

1999

With Fire and Sword poster
6.9

In the mid-17th century, Poland was the largest, most democratic, and most tolerant country in Europe. However, a tragic civil war brought about the gradual decline of the once glorious republic... An epic story about the Cossack rebellion against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

With Fire and Sword

1999

Fuchzhou poster
5.0

The action is set at the start of the twentieth century, between a village by the River Dnyepr and the coast of Florida. While the story has ironic, romantic and sometimes mystic angles, the bitter aspects of emigration from Ukraine to the United States become clearly visible.

Fuchzhou

1993

Kremlin secrets of the XVI century poster
NR

Spring of 1584. The Magi predict the death of King John within 24 hours. Warring boyars are rebelling and are ready to unite against Boris Godunov. The royal court is in turmoil. The already unstable moral principles become completely unbridled. Moscow is filled with violence, drunken orgies and the wild revelry of tsarist power.

Kremlin secrets of the XVI century

1991

For the Family Hearth poster
7.0

The story of the happy couple Aneli and Anton Angarovych. They love each other, love their children and are ready for anything for the well-being of their family hearth. For this reason, Anton gave five years of his life to the service in Bosnia. Anelya solved this problem in her own way: in order to save the dignity and honor of her family, which she tarnished by participating in criminal cases, she committed suicide.

For the Family Hearth

1992

The Gray Wolves poster
5.3

The film depicts the events of 1964 when Nikita Khrushchyov was forcibly replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as a head of USSR.

The Gray Wolves

1993

Judenkreis: The Eternal Wheel poster
7.7

A completely true story about how a real-life Don Juan comes to a Bukovynsky border town and what happens as a result. In the center of the story is the Ukrainian maiden Marichka’s love, which takes place against the background of numerous coup d’états during the Second World War.

Judenkreis: The Eternal Wheel

1996

Elysian Fields poster
NR

On the eve of Christmas in the estate "Elysian Fields" landowner Vladimir gathered his friends - young Proinka with her father and their neighbor Vasili.

Elysian Fields

1993

The Lonely Player poster
6.0

A married man needs a lot of money and he is trying to get them form a huge bet on horse-riding.

The Lonely Player

1995

Four Sheets of Plywood poster
7.0

The young, curious journalist Sofia meets the investigator Bohdan Mazepa under tragic circumstances. Soon their paths intersect: Sofia receives the task to write an article about our valorous militia, where that very successful captain having no unsolved cases is to appear as the protagonist. Except for one. What secrets does this case hide and how will the fates of Bohdan and Sofia develop, will love be able to survive the frightful truth?

Four Sheets of Plywood

1992

The Kaidash Family poster
NR

Ukraine, the village of Semyhory. Two sons get married in the Kaidash family - Karp and Lavrin. But there is no peace in their home. Constant quarrels in the family between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law force the sons to share their father's property. Native people become enemies when it comes to the distribution of property.

The Kaidash Family

1993

Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication poster
8.0

The story of life and death of actor Ivan Mykolaychuk - the legend of Ukrainian poetic cinema. The film is stylized as Vertep Christmas mystery: the heroes are explaining themselves with the roles they play.

Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication

1998

1980s · 14 titles

Stolen Happiness poster
2.0

Anna and Michailo grow up together, attracted to each other since their earliest days. When Anna's father dies, her brothers force her into marriage with the mean farmer Mikola. After years of absence, Michailo comes home, to get her back.

Stolen Happiness

1984

To proceed with the investigation. Movie 2: Slander poster
NR

For several years, the head of a major construction trust Melnikov was accused of embezzlement, bribe-taking and immoral behavior in anonymous letters. As a result of inspections by numerous commissions, all these “signals” were not confirmed. Melnikov, unable to withstand the attacks and slander, died of a heart attack. Investigator Dzhangirov manages to expose the slanderer ...

To proceed with the investigation. Movie 2: Slander

1986

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World poster
4.5

The second part of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Bondarchuk's epic biography of John Reed. It is October 1917 and the American journalist has found himself and his wife, Louise Bryant, in Petrograd on the eve of the Bolshevik revolution.

Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World

1982

The Chumaks' Way poster
NR

It happened long ago on the Ukrainian land, in those days when many people could not get salt, which was the most important value. A simple lad decided to go once in distant lands to bring a little salt to his friends and relatives. His path was to be difficult and dangerous, so his close people tried to dissuade him from this trip. But the young man was really brave and courageous and decided on something that no one could even imagine...

The Chumaks' Way

1980

Prince Danylo Halytskyi poster
3.3

XIII century. Prince Daniel of Galicia returned from the Horde, where he graciously have allowed to rule in Galicia in exchange for recognition his submission to Khan. But he can not accept the humiliation. He begins to prepare for war with the hordes of Batu, who conquered many Russian principalities. The Hungarian king, Lithuanians and Poles promised to support Daniel, but Pope Innocent IV refuses to lend a hand. Daniel's army is compelled to reflect the invasion of nomads herself.

Prince Danylo Halytskyi

1987

Giordano Bruno poster
7.0

The story of Giordano Bruno, who held various researches and observations of planets and stars around the Earth. He lived in the 16th century, and his innovative views did not bring him anything but persecution at that time. Some moments of his life are ranked as real feats, one of which will be discussed in this animation.

Giordano Bruno

1984

Theatre Season poster
NR

The love story of journalist and actor. They are connected by a great mutual feeling, but he has a wife and a son. Realizing that she is his only true love, he still does not dare to leave his family.

Theatre Season

1989

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

It All Starts With Love poster
9.0

The tenth graders decided to spend their last summer vacation together in a labor camp. The boys not only had a great time, but also taught their bosses a good lesson in hard work, careful handling of tools, and most importantly, honesty, and weaned their foremen off of padding for a long time.

It All Starts With Love

1985

Dress Rehearsal poster
NR

A poetic psychological drama about the adolescence of the Ukrainian-Russian writer Nikolai Gogol filmed for Soviet television at A. Dovzhenko Film Studion in 1988. Based on the short story "Gogol-gimnazist" by Vasili Avenarius.

Dress Rehearsal

1989

8 Bars of Forgotten Music poster
NR

A film about the mass extermination of people by the Nazis in the Janowska concentration camp in Lviv. Former prisoners of the camp are interviewed. The camp orchestra plays. Photos from the Great Patriotic War and documentary footage about neo-fascism are used.

8 Bars of Forgotten Music

1982

The Secrets of St. Yuri poster
8.0

The film is based on real historical facts of the First World War. The action takes place in Galicia. Metropolitan Andrey, the head of the Uniate Church, who wants to permanently link Western Ukraine with the Austrian crown, assigns Roman, a young cornet of the Austrian army, to guard the archives at St. George's Cathedral. But Roman, having familiarized himself with the contents of some materials, is going to make secret documents public...

The Secrets of St. Yuri

1982

The Stone Soul poster
5.5

The events take place in the XIX century, in the Carpathian mountains. It is the screen adaptation of the novel by Hnat Khotkevych based on the legend of brave leaders who fought against the Austrian Habsburgs and the Polish magnates for the happiness and freedom of its people. And also it is a romantic story about a fatal overwhelming love.

The Stone Soul

1988

Grooms poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Grooms

1986

1970s · 10 titles

Pipers poster
NR

The story of the adventures of a shepherd who charms everyone he meets with his songs and unusual voice: harsh commissars, robbers, composers, and finally, a beautiful fisherwoman.

Pipers

1979

In Midsummer poster
NR

Andrii Troian and Volodymyr Ruban once studied together at an agricultural academy. Ruban transferred to the correspondence program and went to work in a village. While pursuing postgraduate studies, Troian developed a new wheat variety called Maria. After becoming director of a state farm, Ruban invites Troian to serve as chief agronomist in order to test the wheat in practice. Their relationship proves difficult: conflicts arise over methods and styles of leadership. Troian’s personal life is equally complicated – particularly his relationship with the schoolteacher Maria…

In Midsummer

1975

The Stone Host poster
5.0

TV adaptation of Lesya Ukrainka's drama, which interprets the plot of Don Juan from a feminist point of view.

The Stone Host

1971

Housewarming poster
5.0

The story of the life of the Podolsk village and what the inhabitants of the village had to go through during the years of Soviet power. Through the fate of the heroes, the film tells about the events of collectivization in the village, where for centuries, everyone used to work only on his own farm, about the war years, when many quiet people showed miracles of heroism, and universal favorites became nazi puppets.

Housewarming

1974

The Very Last Day poster
5.2

Among the usual cases, talking with drunkards, a junior cop finds time for the neighbor girl Alla, who fell under the influence of the leader of the thieves' gang. Seeing her with a young man, suspected of theft, he tries to detain him.

The Very Last Day

1972

Illumination poster
7.0

The film is about microbiological scientists who are exploring the causes and mechanisms of the action of oncological diseases, looking for ways to fight this insidious and dangerous disease for humans.

Illumination

1973

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

The White Bird Marked with Black poster
6.0

A family struggles to survive in an area that was claimed as part of Rumania, Poland and Ukraine, all within a short span of time. When World War II comes, various family members choose different masters; some even choose to work for the Soviets. War, struggle, marriages, births, deaths--all these events punctuate the story of this large family.

The White Bird Marked with Black

1972

The House is Being Built poster
9.0

The plot is based on a conflict that arose at the architectural design institute.

The House is Being Built

1978

Defying Everybody poster
5.2

The movie takes us through the trials and tribulations of Petar I Petrovic, the man who united Montenegro in the 18th century and led them in the Battle of Krusi against a huge Turkish army to return victorious and pave the first path towards economic development.

Defying Everybody

1973

Series credits

Soldiers of Freedom poster
4.4

The action of the epic film takes place in the second half of World War II. The plot focuses on the liberation of European countries from German occupation and the anti-fascist activities of the communist parties of these countries. After the victory at Stalingrad, a decisive turn occurred during the war. The main aim is the rallying of all patriotic forces, the creation of a national anti-fascist front in the struggling countries. The swift offensive of the Soviet troops, problems with the opening of a second front, major operations and the offensive of the Soviet army lead to the liberation of Europe. Rebellions are rising in different countries - such as the heroic uprising in Warsaw, in Slovenia, Bucharest and other cities. Brave heroes who performed immortal feats in the name of the happiness of mankind and freedom.

Soldiers of Freedom

1977

Once Upon a Time in Rostov poster
7.0

USSR, June 2, 1962. After the reduction of wages and price increases, residents of Novocherkassk went to a peaceful demonstration. But passions quickly heated up and led to a tragedy - the shooting of protesting workers, despite the protests of General Shaposhnikov. The authorities manage to hush up the tragedy, they take a non-disclosure agreement from witnesses, and all those who disagree receive prison sentences.

Once Upon a Time in Rostov

2012

Stara baśń. Kiedy słońce było bogiem poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Stara baśń. Kiedy słońce było bogiem

2003

Частный заказ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Частный заказ

2007

Take Tarantino poster
NR

Two rich people of steppe blood of Kalmykia are going to marry their children. They intend to surprise the guests with the newest Tarantino film, a copy of which should be obtained before the world premiere. To buy this film, ambassadors from the head of the groom's family are sent to America with a bag of diamonds.

Take Tarantino

2006

Nikolay Vavilov poster
8.3

Biopic devoted to the history of the life of Soviet biologist, academician Nikolai Vavilov. His scientific and personal confrontation with Trofim Lysenko, the subsequent arrest and death of the scientist in prison.

Nikolay Vavilov

1991

Proceed to the Investigation. Film 1: Version poster
NR

Several old friends—employees of the USSR Prosecutor's Office and Ministry of Internal Affairs, whom fate scattered across different republics of the Union—gather once a year to commemorate their deceased comrade and share unusual cases from their practice.

Proceed to the Investigation. Film 1: Version

1986

Три полуграции poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Три полуграции

2006

Children of the Sun poster
NR

The family of Russian intellectuals during the first Russian revolution is faced with a "cholera riot". One of the characters commits suicide, another goes mad, the third suffers from unrequited love.

Children of the Sun

1985

Proceed to the Investigation. Film 2: Slander poster
NR

For several years, the head of a major construction trust Melnikov was accused of embezzlement, bribe-taking and immoral behavior in anonymous letters. As a result of inspections by numerous commissions, all these “signals” were not confirmed. Melnikov, unable to withstand the attacks and slander, died of a heart attack. Investigator Dzhangirov manages to expose the slanderer ...

Proceed to the Investigation. Film 2: Slander

1988

No artwork available
NR

Alexander Varlamov works in a special police unit that deals with the disclosure of serial murders and particularly violent crimes committed by people with mental disorders. When the usual methods do not work, and the investigation comes to a dead end, Varlamov and his group come into play. Studying the crime scene, the evidence, the results of the forensic examination, they calculate the psychotype of the maniac and try to understand his true motives. They delve into every step of the criminal, and try to guess his next step to prevent a new crime.

Abyss

2013

Trap poster
NR

Yevgeny Rafalovich comes to a provincial town to work as a lawyer.

Trap

1993

Сила притяжения poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Сила притяжения

2008