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The Black Council 2001 Directed by Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko Чорна рада

The Black Council gives a vivid picture of the different levels of society in seventeenth-century Ukraine. The main theme is the need for people to be motivated by high ideals as they engage in the struggle of truth with injustice.

Country Ukraine
Production Country Ukraine
Language Ukrainian
Spoken Languages Polish , Russian , Ukrainian
Gneres Drama , History
Production Company Dovzhenko Film Studios
Release Date 1 March 2001
144 mins
Cast
Aleksey Petrenko
Aleksey Petrenko Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Bohdan Stupka
Bohdan Stupka Briukhovetsky
Oleksandr Bondarenko
Oleksandr Bondarenko Hetman Somko
Serhii Romaniuk
Serhii Romaniuk Shram
Bohdan Beniuk
Bohdan Beniuk Cherevan
Ruslana Pysanka
Ruslana Pysanka Cherevan's wife
Radmila Shegoleva
Radmila Shegoleva Lesya
Ksenia Kovaliova
Ksenia Kovaliova Polish princess
Stepan Oleksenko
Stepan Oleksenko Gvintovka
Mykola Boklan
Mykola Boklan Kirilo Tur
Mykola Oliinyk
Mykola Oliinyk
Iryna Melnyk
Iryna Melnyk
Anatoli Mokrenko
Anatoli Mokrenko
Konstantin Shaforenko
Konstantin Shaforenko Shramenko
Vladimir Volkov
Vladimir Volkov boyar
Viktor Polishchuk
Viktor Polishchuk
Vitali Rosstalnoy
Vitali Rosstalnoy Pugach
Crew
Director
Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko
Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko
Writers
Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko
Nikolay Zaseev-Rudenko
Grigori Shton
Grigori Shton
Cinematography
Oleksandr Chorny
Oleksandr Chorny
Production Design
Inna Bychenkova
Inna Bychenkova
Original Writer
Panteleimon Kulish
Panteleimon Kulish
Music
Ihor Poklad
Ihor Poklad