Zvenygora
Director: Oleksandr Dovzhenko
1928 / 92min / 35mm
A hunt for the Scythian treasure trove of the title, a staple of Ukrainian folklore, becomes a jumping off point for a dizzying tour of a nation’s history, traditions, and fables, fleetly flitting between paeans to nature and man-made industry, a modern present and a mythic past, materialist fact and mystical fantasy. “My most interesting picture for me. I made it in one breath—a hundred days. Unusually complicated in structure, eclectic in form, the film gave me, a self-taught production worker, the fortuitous opportunity of trying myself out in every genre. It was a catalogue of all my creative abilities.” —Oleksandr Dovzhenko
35mm print courtesy of Austrian Filmmuseum, Vienna
Distributor: Dovzhenko Center
Original score and live musical accompaniment by medukha on Saturday, October 17th medukha features Asia Mieleszko on vocals, synth, accordion, piano, and drymba; Max Temnogorod on guitar and vocals; and Salina Kuo on guzheng.
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