Arnold Kordium
Directing
Biography
Director and screenwriter Arnold Kordyum (1890-1969) was born in Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk). He worked as the ideological director of the Yalta Film Factory, later as a feature and documentary film director at Odesa, Kyiv, and Tashkent film studios. He was the director of "Kyivnaukfilm".
Known For
Suddenly, right on the street, prosecutor Kravtsov recognizes the White Guard soldier Vinter, who was sentenced to death. The sentence was to be carried out by Red Army officer Prokopchuk, but as it turned out, he took pity on the prisoner and released him. Employees of the GPU (State Political Directorate) track down Wynter and the group of "smugglers and saboteurs" he led. In order to catch the state criminal, Prokopchuk asks to join the coast guard. He tracks down Wynter as he returns from abroad on a schooner. In a desperate fight, Prokopchuk dies along with his enemy.
Case No. 128
Construction of the Dnipro Hydroelectric Station began in 1927. The subsequent flooding of the Dnipro rapids forever changes the ancient way of life of farmers from coastal villages. However, the old maritime pilot Ostap Kovban is in no hurry to accept progress. Only his own son Andriy stands in his way.
Wind Across the Rapids
Lost movie based on the novel The Immortal by Lawrence H. Desberry. The board of the industrial syndicate headed by Thomas Deleston, makes a decision to prolong the working day. The worker Paul Notan calls people for political struggle. Deleston’s pro-fascist organisation Patriot Union attacks the workers. Paul is killed. His younger brother Joseph takes his place. Strikers have street battles with the fascists. But forces are unequal…
The Invincibles
On the proletarian solidarity of the French navy with the revolutionary people of Russia. The action takes place in the early years of Soviet power in the coastal city of Russia. The French cruiser Mirabeau threatens the city from the sea.
Black Sea Mutiny
In the Caucasus, among the picturesque mountains there is a guerrilla war between the Whites from Bicherakhov’s division and the Red Army soldiers. The Chechen girl Dzhalma finds an injured Ukrainian guy Mykola in a valley. She saves his life and helps him to recover. Young people fall in love with each other, and after the Bolshevik’s victory both of them travel to Ukraine. Dzhalma ends up in a traditional Ukrainian village.
Dzhalma
The first Ukrainian feature film. Considered lost.