Yuliya Solntseva

Nikolai Shchors was one of the few indisputable Bolshevik icons of Ukrainian origin; Dovzhenko's film on him began as a specific personal commission from Stalin. (Filmlinc)

A Russian soldier, during the war and retreat, relives the beauty of the Ukraine of his youth, which also had its sorrows, and finds strength in his memories. (bfi.org.uk)

At the crux of the routine drama is a small town that is about to go under when a major dam is completed and the area is flooded, creating a sizeable lake. As people return to say good-bye to the lives and the homes they once knew in the town, differences of opinion on the sacrifice they made crop up. At stake is the "Russian" way of life and whether or not progress should include this type of sacrifice for the common good. (allmovie.com)

The emphasis is on the heroics of both the civilians and the soldiers during times of severe stress in World War II. At the core of the action is one man in particular, whose sacrifices and heroics speak for a much larger group. (allmovie.com)

A young Russian woman asks a Red Army soldier to spend the night with her in the wake of the Nazi invasion. Fearing she may soon perish, the woman hopes for one night of romance before what could be a horrible demise. (allmovie.com)

About the creative lot of Aleksandr Dovzhenko, about the idiosyncrasy of his mindset and artistic style. Dovzhenko's film episodes are used. The documentary part of the film is combined with the screened fragments of the unfinished screenplays of the artist ("The Downfall of Deities" and "Tsar"). (IBS d)

Wartime documentary by Dovzhenko and Solntseva.

Dovzhenko and Solntseva's documentary about the Bukovina region.

The film describes the Russian attack against the Germans, which drove them away from the Dneiper river, and finally out of Ukraine.

It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary, and dealt with the Battle of Kharkov. The film incorporates German footage of the invasion of Ukraine, which was later captured by the Soviets.