A Cossack Beyond the Danube

A Cossack Beyond the Danube 1953 Directed by V. Larpoknysh Запорожець за Дунаєм

A Ukrainian comic opera with spoken dialogue in three acts with music and libretto by the composer Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873). The orchestration has subsequently been rewritten by composers such as Reinhold Glière and Heorhiy Maiboroda. This is one of the best-known Ukrainian comic operas depicting national themes.

Country Soviet Union

Production Country Soviet Union

Language Ukrainian

Spoken Language Ukrainian

Gneres Music , Romance

Production Company Dovzhenko Film Studios

Release Date 19 July 1953

95 mins

Cast

Ivan Patorzhinsky Karas

Mariia Lytvynenko-Volhemut Odarka

Yelizaveta Chavdar Oksana

N. Sheliyuzhko Andrei

Mikhail Grishko Sultan

I. Kuchenko Selikh-Agah

V.Matveyev The Imam

Crew

Director

V. Larpoknysh

Cinematography

Aleksey Mishurin

Original Writer

Semyon Artemovsky

Art Direction

Mykhailo Yuferov

Music

Semyon Artemovsky

Mykhailo Verykivskyi