Screening of Conscience (1968), directed by Volodymyr Denysenko
About the Film
Conscience is a unique example of independent cinema made both within and in defiance of the Soviet system. In 1948, after completing his second year at the Karpenko-Karyi Institute, director Volodymyr Denysenko was arrested and sentenced to five years in corrective labour camps on fabricated charges of “Ukrainian bourgeois nationalism.” He was exonerated in 1956 and managed not only to return to filmmaking but also to make several landmark films, including The Soldier’s Wife (1959), The Dream (1960), and Roman and Francesca (1964). He also worked as Mark Donskoy’s assistant on the iconic film At a High Price (1957) and trained under Oleksandr Dovzhenko.
📅 October 3, 18:30
📍 Jam Factory Art Center, Auditorium
🎟 Admission is free with prior registration
About the Film
World War II. Ukraine is under German occupation. During a confrontation on a road, a young villager kills an officer. The Germans demand that the villagers hand him over, threatening to kill everyone if they refuse. The villagers face a terrible moral dilemma. At the same time, their fate rests in the hands of the young man, who can put an end to the horror by sacrificing his own life.
The screening is part of the “History of Cinema in Ukraine” programme, curated by Daria Badior and Sofiia Doroshenko.
Country: Ukrainian SSR
Studio: Kyiv State Institute of Theatre Arts named after I. Karpenko-Karyi
Running time: 80 min
Director: Volodymyr Denysenko
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