IMDb-BEWERTUNG
5,9/10
4237
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Ein junger Ukrainer kämpft gegen die Bolschewiki und den Hunger sowie um seine Liebe und sein Land.Ein junger Ukrainer kämpft gegen die Bolschewiki und den Hunger sowie um seine Liebe und sein Land.Ein junger Ukrainer kämpft gegen die Bolschewiki und den Hunger sowie um seine Liebe und sein Land.
- Auszeichnungen
- 5 Nominierungen insgesamt
Anastasiya Karpenko
- Irena
- (as Anastasia Karpenko)
Handlung
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- WissenswertesMax Irons and Aneurrin Barnard played brothers Edward IV and Richard III, respectively in The White Queen (2013)
- SoundtracksWedding March
Music by Anatoliy Mamalyga and Iryna Orlova
Performed by Olha Chornokondratenko (Violin); Vadym Chornokondratenko (Tambourine)
Courtesy of Andamar Entertainment Inc.
Ausgewählte Rezension
1930's Ukraine. Genocide through starvation. It was never going to be a pleasant story. It's tough to make a film out of something so one sided and something so horrific. And at times its difficult to sit through. Yes it's violent but we don't see a lot of it up close. It's not gratuitous. It's already dire enough. Yet there's plenty to be depressed about.
The story itself is quite good. Following the journey of one character so we get an overview of what happened in varying parts of Ukraine during this time. And yet it's a stretch. Certain scenarios are just asking us to suspend belief a little too far. Our central figures should have been killed several times over. Knowing this is set within real events (though not of these characters) keeps us involved. But only just.
The problem is with the director. The early scenes are so over-lit it makes you feel like you're watching a Disney TV play. The clichés come thick and fast through the staging and unfortunately some of the dialog too. The direction is heavy handed, falling back on triteness such as blood dripping from a sword stuck in the ground and other lame symbolism.
It's all a bit overblown. The cinematography, the music. They wanted to make a real epic here but even at 100 minutes, it feels overlong and over-baked.
It's horrific to be certain and I wanted to care more but the central story just doesn't grab us the way it should. Terence Stamp adds an element of acting class. Shame that it can't be said for the rest of the cast. For example, Stalin is a caricature. Hours after seeing it, I'm already beginning to forget it. And that's not a bad thing.
An event this huge deserves so much more.
The story itself is quite good. Following the journey of one character so we get an overview of what happened in varying parts of Ukraine during this time. And yet it's a stretch. Certain scenarios are just asking us to suspend belief a little too far. Our central figures should have been killed several times over. Knowing this is set within real events (though not of these characters) keeps us involved. But only just.
The problem is with the director. The early scenes are so over-lit it makes you feel like you're watching a Disney TV play. The clichés come thick and fast through the staging and unfortunately some of the dialog too. The direction is heavy handed, falling back on triteness such as blood dripping from a sword stuck in the ground and other lame symbolism.
It's all a bit overblown. The cinematography, the music. They wanted to make a real epic here but even at 100 minutes, it feels overlong and over-baked.
It's horrific to be certain and I wanted to care more but the central story just doesn't grab us the way it should. Terence Stamp adds an element of acting class. Shame that it can't be said for the rest of the cast. For example, Stalin is a caricature. Hours after seeing it, I'm already beginning to forget it. And that's not a bad thing.
An event this huge deserves so much more.
- anthonyjlangford
- 22. Feb. 2017
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Box Office
- Budget
- 30.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 557.241 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 219.357 $
- 26. Feb. 2017
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 904.399 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 43 Minuten
- Farbe
- Seitenverhältnis
- 2.35 : 1
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