The Lost Letter (1972) DVD-R
Starring Ivan Mykolaichuk, Lidiya Belozyorova, Fyodor Strigun
Director: Boris Ivchenko
Print: Color
Runtime: 85 Minutes
Genre: Comedy
Language: Ukrainian
Subtitle: English
Cossack Vasyl prepares himself for a mounted voyage to Peterburg, the capital of the Russian Empire. Vasyl carries a hramota (sealed official document) given to him by the hetman through his secretary, Pereverny-kruchenko, that is rumored to cost ten Poods of gold. Vasyl's wife sews the hramota into his hat and his father gives him magic tobacco to repel evil and an advice to find a good co-journeyman. The film depicts the adventures of Vasyl in sequences that are filled with Ukrainian culture, and shows Ukrainian cuisine, costumes, traditions, mystical and comedy-filled situations, anecdotes, and plethora of obstacles which Vasyl must overcome. On his way together with an evil servant, he comes to a river crossing where a ferry carries people from one side to another. There he finds his partner in arms, Andriy, a Zaporozhian cossack. Further along the way, something happens to the papers when they stop at an inn to rest. When Vasyl and Andriy arrive in St. Petersburg they hand over the hramota to Baroness von Likhtenberg who gives them to the empress.
Starring Ivan Mykolaichuk, Lidiya Belozyorova, Fyodor Strigun
Director: Boris Ivchenko
Print: Color
Runtime: 85 Minutes
Genre: Comedy
Language: Ukrainian
Subtitle: English
Cossack Vasyl prepares himself for a mounted voyage to Peterburg, the capital of the Russian Empire. Vasyl carries a hramota (sealed official document) given to him by the hetman through his secretary, Pereverny-kruchenko, that is rumored to cost ten Poods of gold. Vasyl's wife sews the hramota into his hat and his father gives him magic tobacco to repel evil and an advice to find a good co-journeyman. The film depicts the adventures of Vasyl in sequences that are filled with Ukrainian culture, and shows Ukrainian cuisine, costumes, traditions, mystical and comedy-filled situations, anecdotes, and plethora of obstacles which Vasyl must overcome. On his way together with an evil servant, he comes to a river crossing where a ferry carries people from one side to another. There he finds his partner in arms, Andriy, a Zaporozhian cossack. Further along the way, something happens to the papers when they stop at an inn to rest. When Vasyl and Andriy arrive in St. Petersburg they hand over the hramota to Baroness von Likhtenberg who gives them to the empress.
Product Name | The Lost Letter (1972) DVD-R |
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This item is returnable | Yes |