The White Bird Marked with Black
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The White Bird Marked with Black

(1972)Directed by Yurii Illienko99 minWar, Drama

The village in Bukovina is claimed by Romania, then Poland, then Ukraine, and the Dzvonar family has to live under each flag. When the war arrives, Petro (Ivan Mykolaichuk) and his relatives each pick a different master, some even serving the Soviets. Yurii Illienko follows the marriages, births and deaths of one large household, and its brothers are already choosing sides against one another.

Ivan Mykolaichukas Petro Dzvonar
Yurii Mykolaichukas Bohdan Dzvonar
Alexandr Plotnikovas Les Dzvonar
Bohdan Stupkaas Orest Dzvonar
Nataliia Naumas Katryna Dzvonar
Gemma Firsovaas Vivdya
Vasyl Symchychas Priest Myron
Oleg Polstvinas Heorhiy as a child
Mykhailo Illienkoas Heorhiy
Leonid Bakshtayevas Ostap
Volodymyr Shakaloas Levytsky
Mykola Oliinykas Roman
Mariia Mykolaichuk
Volodymyr Kolisnyk
Vyacheslav Vinnik
Kostiantyn Stepankovas Zozulia