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Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)

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Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)

Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL, 4:3 (720x576) | 94 min | 5.44 Gb
Audio: Ukrainian, Russian - Dolby AC3, 2 ch @ 224 Kbps (2Tracks)
Subs: English, Ukrainian, Russian
Genre: Drama | USSR

Propala hramota (Russian: Propavshaya gramota) is an adventure comedy based on one of Nikolai Gogol’s early stories. Part of the short-lived cinematic trend known as the Ukrainian Poetic Cinema, the film was shelved by the Soviet censorship and wasn’t widely released until the late 1980s. It received the Golden Pagoda award at the film festival in Bangkok.

IMDB 8.0/10 from 229 users

Director: Boris Ivchenko
Writer: Ivan Drach (screenplay), Nikolai Gogol (book)
Actors: Ivan Mykolaichuk, Vasili Simchich
Rated: N/A
Runtime: 94 min

Cossack Vasyl (Ivan Mykolaichuk) embarks on a voyage to St. Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire, to deliver a letter from the Ukrainian Hetman to the Czarina. He runs up against many obstacles including a devil and a witch.

Ivan Mykolaichuk took a big hand in the making of the film, he collaborated on the script with Ivan Drach and wrote the songs lyrics. Mykolaichuk’s wife Marichka recalls: “No scene was shot without Ivan. Every day after supper director Ivchenko was waiting for Ivan to discuss with him the next-day shooting. He allowed Ivan to do whatever he wanted. He said that he trusted him fully.” That is the reason why the movie sprouted very nice improvisations, which Mykolaichuk and Fedor Stryhun ventured at every turn. Many of these improvisations became aphorisms. However, this happened only 15 years later.

Review:
I completely agree with the previous comment. This movie is one of the rare landscapes of Ukrainian life in the XVIII century. This part of our story is so great and interesting but there are very few movies on the subject. The movie serves as a bright example of great variety of Ukrainian characters and capability of Ukrainians to make such a wonderful piece of art. Beautiful Ukrainian language, gorgeous landscapes of Ukrainian nature, Ukrainian everyday life, Ukrainian songs and, at last, Cossacks - brave, strong, very simple and seeking for the truth. The actors played brilliantly. And while the scenario differs from the original Gogol's story every word is in a right place.I hope that one day that movie will be translated into English and shown to people of other countries.

P.S. It would be better to name the movie "Propala gramota" according to the Ukrainian name of the movie, because "Propavshaya" is a transliteration of the Russian word.

Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)

Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)

Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)

Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)

Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)

Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)

Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)


Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)


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Propavshaya gramota / The Lost Letter (1972)


DVD Source: DVD9
DVD Format: PAL
DVD Audio: Ukrainian, Russian
Program: N/A
Menus: Untouched
Video: Untouched
Audio: Untouched
DVD extras: Untouched

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