Zvenygora
1928 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,215 VOTES · DIR. Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Overview
The momentous film stars Mykola Nademskyi as the grandfather of Tymish (Semen Svashenko), whom he alerts to secret treasure buried in the mountains of Zvenygora – Treasure that rightfully belongs to his homeland. The film wonderfully blends both lyricism and politics and uses its central construct to build a montage praising Ukrainian industrialization, attacking the bourgeoisie, celebrating the beauty of the Ukrainian steppe and retelling ancient folklore. Said Sergei Eisenstein of the film, "As the lights went on, we felt that we had just witnessed a memorable event in the development of the cinema".
Dialogue Timeline — 95 lines
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00:00:01 ZVENIGORA
00:00:20 Cinematography by B. Zavelev
00:00:41 Ensanguined national assets of the country, buried treasures sealed by a mystery and shrouded in legend lay in the Ukrainian land for ages.
00:03:33 - The damned are wandering near zvenyhora! They dig soil in search of vaults, want to steal our Ukrainian treasures.
00:06:07 - I will go straight ahead, and you, old man, will lead a company of comrades and make a detour. But mind! Do not dig the soil without me. Do not touch treasures... Come on! Ahead!
00:15:51 - Mount!
00:19:22 The destiny flows by...
00:21:40 The old man had a grandson by name Tymishko...
00:27:09 More than one mother cried for her son both on the German and Ukrainian soil.
00:33:39 - Nobody can cover treasures up with earth. It is impossible to build a road by unclean hands. zvenyhora can not be defeated.
00:37:21 Cast away the old man. Place under guard.
00:40:16 - I will talk to them personally. I will work wonders with them.
00:42:08 - Hello, eagle...
00:43:35 - P-l-a-t-o-o-n...
00:48:15 And one people rose against another one, a kingdom against another one, brother against brother. Sit down, my only consolation and hope.
00:55:20 - Unharness people.
01:01:10 Waterflooded into a lake, the place where Roksana fell... soil gave way down into that ravine...
01:06:25 - Come back.
01:07:17 - Oh, this is my death, Tymishko. I cannot come back! Go back, Tymishko! Kill me or go back!..
01:08:51 Proletarians, move to engines. Open fire-boxes wider. Fire!
01:11:39 And Tymish? He is studying on a worker's faculty, burdened with scientific figures and formulas, striving to find a real secret of zvenyhora, the secret of the Ukrainian treasures.
01:19:27 - Gracious ladies and gracious gentlemen! I appreciate your attention very much... I know that you are not interested in Ukraine or Bolsheviks...
01:23:50 - Six thousand dollars. Fine. You have the fund for a new treasure expedition. We are sure that we will be lucky this time.
01:29:12 - Gracious ladies and gracious gentlemen... Thank you. I am finished...
Cast & Characters
Nikolai Nademsky
Grandpa
Nikolai Nademsky
General
Semyon Svashenko
Timoshka - first grandson
Aleksandr Podorozhnyy
Pavel - second grandson
Polina Sklyar-Otava
Oksana
Polina Sklyar-Otava
Roksana
Georgi Astafyev
Scythian leader
Leonid Barbe
Monk
Nikolay Charov
Pavel's Friend
Vladimir Lanskoy
Spectator
Mariya Parshina
Timoshka's wife
I. Selyuk
Ataman
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed95
Dialogue density1.0 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line01:29:12
Production Record
DirectorOleksandr Dovzhenko
LanguageUK
IMDb votes1,215