Zakhar Berkut backdrop

Zakhar Berkut 1972 Directed by Leonid Osyka Захар Беркут

This film is based on the classic novel of the same name by writer Ivan Franko, one of the most famous figures of Ukrainian literature. It is set during the 1200s and the invasion of the medieval Ukrainian-Russian state of Rus' by Chengis Khan's Golden Horde. Due to its having been produced during the Soviet era, the story's aspect of class-conflict between the "heroic" peasantry and the "decadent" noble particularly emphasized here.

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Languages Mongolian , Ukrainian
Gneres Drama , History
Production Company Dovzhenko Film Studios
Release Date 3 April 1972
93 mins