Василь Симчич
Birthday: 1915-01-08 Place of Birth: Середній Березів, тепер Косівського району, Івано-Франківської області
Synopsis
Vasyl Symchych was a Ukrainian actor and film director. He was born on 8 January 1915 in Seredniy Bereziv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. He was awarded the title "Merited Artist of Ukraine".
Acting
Zakhar Berkut
This film is based on the classic novel of the same name by writer Ivan Franko, one of the most famous figures of Ukrainian literature. It is set during the 1200s and the invasion of the medieval Ukrainian-Russian state of Rus' by Chengis Khan's Golden Horde. Due to its having been produced during the Soviet era, the story's aspect of class-conflict between the "heroic" peasantry and the "decadent" noble particularly emphasized here.
