Film About Sergiy Bondarchuk Will Be Shot In Kherson Region

editor July 6th, 2010

The feature film about the famous director, People’s Artist of USSR Sergiy Bondarchuk is going to be shot in Kherson region, Ukraine. As it is known, Natalya Bondarchuk wrote the script and will direct a film about her father.

It is planned that the film would have been finished by the autumn. Then the 90th anniversary of Sergei Bondarchuk birth will be commemorated in October, 2010.

A part of the filming will take place in Belozerka, Kherson region, where the director came from. Volodymyr Saldo, the Kherson Mayor and Tavria Kherson fraternity in Moscow have promised to provide the assistance in film recording management.

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Sergey Bondarchuk was born on the 25th of September, 1920 in Belozerka, Kherson region.

Bondarchuk began his career as a provincial actor in a theater after graduation from the institute of culture, the faculty of acting techniques. His debut as an actor was in the movie Young Guards (“Molodaya gvardiya”).

In 40-50s he was acknowledged as semiofficial actor for his role of Taras Shevchenko (1951) and was obtained the title of national artist of the USSR.

His first debut as a film director (Man’s Fate (“Sud’ba cheloveka”) became the guarantee of successful career.
In 1965-1967 Bondarchuk made his most renowned film — screening Tolstoy’s epic novel War and Peace. This film got “Oscar” in the nomination the “Best foreign film”.

They Fought For The Motherland (“Oni srazhalis’ za rodinu) was another film of the gold reserves for Soviet cinematography, made by Sergey Bondarchuk.

In Italy Bondarchuk started a film Quiet Don (Tikhy Don) however, it wasn’t released. Sergey Bondarchuk died on the 20th of October, 1994