Crucified on a black cross

The third film of documentary trilogy «Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus» covers the events from the return from Kolyma in 1979 to the reburial on November 19, 1989. Interviews with the last cellmate of the writer Leonid Borodin, former political prisoners Vasyl Ovsienko, Levko Lukyanenko provide an opportunity to recreate the last episodes of Vasyl Stus's life: the conflict with Romashov, a fictional report about Stus's behavior in the cell, his emotional explosion due to slander, the announcement of a hunger strike, solitary confinement, night from September 3 to 4, 1985.

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Release Date

January 6, 1992

Status

Released

Original Title

Розіп’ятий на чорному хресті

Runtime

53min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Ukrainian

Production Companies

Halychyna-film

Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus (1992) - Documentary trilogy

Part of

Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus (1992) - Documentary trilogy

Includes: Come back to me, my memory, Crucified on a black cross, Black Candle of the Bright Road. In memory of Vasyl Stus, In the white cold the sun of Ukraine