White Bird with Black Mark | |
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Directed by | Yurii Ilienko |
Written by | Yurii Ilienko Ivan Mykolaychuk |
Starring | Larisa Kadochnikova Ivan Mykolaychuk Bohdan Stupka |
Music by | Ivan Mykolaychuk |
Cinematography | Vilen Kalyuta |
Release date(s) | 1970 |
Country | Soviet Union (Ukrainian SSR) |
Language | Ukrainian |
White Bird with Black Mark (Ukrainian: Білий Птах З Чорною Ознакою, Bilyi Ptakh z Chornoyu Oznakoyu) is a Yuriy Illyenko film released in 1970.
The time period spans 1937-1947, in a western Ukrainian village home to a large Zvonar family with sons Petro, Orest and the youngest. As time goes by, Petro joins the Red Army; Orest joins UPA, and the youngest stays at home. However, their fates inevitably cross one another whether in love or in the mountains with arms.