The Guide
The Guide (, Povodyr) is a 2014 Ukrainian drama film directed by Oles Sanin. The film stars Stanislav Boklan, Anton Greene, Jeff Burrell, Iryna Sanina and Jamala. It focuses around a young Peter Shamrock who serves as the guide of a blind bard in Soviet Ukraine. There is a special audiodescripted version for blind people.
Plot
Set during the early 1930s in Soviet Ukraine, American engineer Michael Shamrock arrives in Kharkiv with his ten-year-old son, Peter to help "build socialism". He falls in love with an actress Olga, of whom she has another admirer, Commissar Vladimir. However, Michael gets his hands onto secret documents about a planned mass seizure of food by the Soviets. As a result, he is killed whilst boarding a train. Peter then escapes his father's killers by hiding into the car of another train.
Cast
- Borys Heorhiievskyi
- Fedir Stryhun
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- Jamala
- Jeff Burrell
- Maxim Stoyalov
- Oleh Prymohenov
- Oleksandr Kobzar
- Stanislav Boklan
- Vasyl ' Bendas
More details
author | http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q111725233 Iren Rozdobudko Oleksandr Irvanets Oles Sanin |
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contentLocation | Ukraine |
director | Oles Sanin |
editor | Denys Zakharov |
events | Holodomor |
genre | drama historical |
keywords | commissar engineer hide kharkiv kill kobzar socialism soviet ukraine ukrainian soviet socialist republic |
musicBy | Alla Zahaikevych |
nomination | International Submission to the Academy Awards |
producer | Igor Savychenko Maxim Asadchiy Oles Sanin |
productionCompany | Pronto Film |
publisher | B&H Film Distribution |