Vasyl Illiashenko
Directing
Biography
Vasyl Vasylovych Ilyashenko (1935–2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He was an Honored Worker of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR (1985) and an Honored Artist of Ukraine (1998). Born on April 5, 1935, in the village of Chekhovka (at that time in the Poltava region of the Ukrainian SSR) into a peasant family. In 1956–1958, he studied at the Kyiv Technical School for Cultural Workers. He graduated from the directing department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (1965, S. Gerasimov's workshop). Laureate of the Ukrainian Filmmakers Union Award (1981) for the book "Film Directing" (co-authored with T. Levchuk). Author of books on the history and theory of cinema: "Etudes on Cinema" (1998), "Etudes on Cinema" (1999), "The Book of Directing" (2002), "History of Ukrainian Cinema" (2004), "Theory of Meanings in World Cinema" (2008, in 5 volumes). Author of the novel "Through the White World" (2001), poetry collections "The Leap Year Summer of the Cuckoo" (1992), The Bitter Book (1998), The Cross Book (2000), Blessed at the Feast of Life (2003), Tears of the Sun (2005), On the Hills (2010). He taught at the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv State Institute of Theatre Arts. He was a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine. He died on November 29, 2014, in Kyiv.
Known For
The chairman of the collective farm, Aneykey Luzgin, is willing to do anything to show off in front of the authorities. He plans to exceed the upcoming quota, ignoring the fact that this will harm his fellow villagers. However, the collective farmers have already realized that the command-administrative system is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and they decide to put the arrogant chairman in his place. The conflict escalates quickly, and the secretary of the district committee gets involved in the confrontation.
Enter Every Home
In the village club of Ershovka, a trial is underway against Yakov Vorobyov, who is accused of intentionally setting fire to the forest. Gradually, the trial turns into a public gathering, where the villagers openly discuss the rampant alcoholism that plagues their community.
The Trial in Ershovka
The film tells about the brutal class struggle during the civil war in the villages of southern Ukraine.
Duma about Brytanka
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
A romantic love story about two Soviet scouts—who meet behind enemy lines while carrying out a mission.
A Birch Tale
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Steep Horizon
The reckless student from a vocational school, Senya Bashkin, is heading to his internship in the very village where he was raised in an orphanage.
Find Your Home
Love triangle revealed during a wedding is set to a backdrop of Ukrainian history and tradition, with questions of honor and faithfulness asked.
The Oath
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
During World War II, a very young boy comes to a local factory to help produce weapons for the front. His father is missing, his mother is ill, and their bread ration cards have been lost.
Quiet Rear
Based on the short story by Oles Honchar. A budding romance, on the verge of blossoming into love, develops between two young people—Petro and Olga—who are just beginning their independent lives. But an unexpected gunshot in the nature reserve, which kills a swan, shatters the young couple’s potential happiness...