The momentous film stars Mykola Nademskyi as the grandfather of Tymish, whom he alerts to the secret treasure buried in the mountains of Zvenygora – a treasure that rightfully belongs to his homeland. The film wonderfully blends both lyricism and politics and uses its central construct to build a montage praising Ukrainian industrialization, attacking the bourgeoisie, celebrating the beauty of the Ukrainian steppe and retelling ancient folklore. Sergei Eisenstein said of the film, "As the lights went on, we felt that we had just witnessed a memorable event in the development of the cinema".
Director : Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Writer : Maik Yohansen, Yuri Tyutyunnyk, Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Cast
Mykola Nademskyi
Semen Svashenko
Les Podorozhniy
Polina Skliar-Otava
Leonid Barbe
Heorhiy Astafyev