The Black Council
2001 · 2h 24m · N/A
Drama, History
Directed by
Mykola Zaseev-Rudenko
Overview
The Black Council gives a vivid picture of the different levels of society in seventeenth-century Ukraine. The main theme is the need for people to be motivated by high ideals as they engage in the struggle of truth with injustice.
Director and cast
- Mykola Zaseev-Rudenko Director
- Aleksey Petrenko as Bogdan Khmelnitsky
- Bohdan Stupka as Briukhovetsky
- Oleksandr Bondarenko as Hetman Somko
- Serhii Romaniuk as Shram
- Bohdan Beniuk as Cherevan
- Ruslana Pysanka as Cherevan's wife
- Radmila Shegoleva as Lesya
- Ksenia Kovaliova as Polish princess
- Stepan Oleksenko as Gvintovka
- Nikolay Boklan as Kirilo Tur
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