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The Golden Gates (1971)

The film-remembrance of the creative fate of the Ukrainian Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko, shot on his diaries.
It has his statements about his work, about the role of the artist in society, his plans and sources of inspiration, his artistic style and the peculiarities of his worldview.
Used excerpts from his films and documentary footage taken during the director's life, as well as filmed fragments of the unfinished scripts " The Death of the Gods” and “Tsar”.

Release: 1971-03-01
Runtime: 80 min
Rating: 5.7 / 10
Cast
Roman Tkachuk
Roman Tkachuk
God / Peasant
Mykola Hrynko
Mykola Hrynko
Bishop
Pyotr Shcherbakov
Pyotr Shcherbakov
Gordei Truba
Valentina Telichkina
Valentina Telichkina
Madonna
Nikolai Gubenko
Nikolai Gubenko
Soldier Ivan
Sergey Nikonenko
Sergey Nikonenko
Tsar
Boris Sichkin
Boris Sichkin
Nesmachny
Sergey Bondarchuk
Sergey Bondarchuk
Narrator (Voice)