Nataliia Naum
Birthday: Born in 1932-11-23 in Staryi Mizun, Stanisławów Voivodeship, Republic of Poland [now Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine]
Deathday: 2004-03-22
Ukrainian film and theater actress. Nataliia Mykhailivna Naum made her acting debut in the theater, and her first notable role in movies was in "Earth" (1954). She took part in 25 films during the Soviet era and also after Ukraine gained its independence. She was awarded the title National Artist of Ukraine (1974) for her contribution to culture.
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Острів любові
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The series consists of ten films based on love and erotic works of Ukrainian literature from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. The films explore love as a multidimensional phenomenon. This is a kind of retrospective slice of the history of society, culture, and art. There are changes in the attitude towards a woman, mother, lover....
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Natalka Poltavka
Character: Gorpyna Terpylykha
An iconic Ukrainian play of the same name meets TV....
Red Wine of Victory
Character: тётя Зина, нянечка
The last days of the Great Patriotic War take place in a military hospital....
Earth
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XIX century. The village of Dymka in Bukovina. The wealthy peasant Ivonic and his wife Maria have two sons - Mykhailo and Sava. Mykhailo has fallen in love with Anna, and is afraid to confess to his parents because it is not known how they will react. Sava fell in love with Rahira, who has a bad reputation in the village. She incites Sava's hatred towards his older brother Mykhailo, because he should get a better land....
Passion
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Based on the story of Marko Vovchok "Pavlо Chornokryl". Pavlo Chornokryl, passionate about young beauty Varka, kills his wife Anna for the opportunity to be with her mistress....
Only the Statues Are Silent
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Soviet specialists are building a hydroelectric power station in a Middle Eastern country. To continue the work, it is necessary to carry out an explosion... But no one even suspects that an old German ammunition depot is hidden nearby, underground. An accidental explosion would suit the British company that lost the order to the Russians. Weber, Greerson, and Gedda are faced with a problem: they need to warn the Russians about the danger. Each of them has had encounters with Soviet people in th...
Reapers
Character: Olga Platonovna
After his wedding, combine harvester operator Vasyl Bilan decided to immediately go to the Volga region for the harvest. There he received a memorable gift for his work. He wanted to return to his wife, but his friends called him to Altai — snow had fallen there and the grain was dying. He helped harvest the grain, and it became clear that without him, everything would be stolen for personal gain......
Handfuls
Character: Varka Zhmenyak
The film tells the story of the difficult and tragic fate of a Prykarpattia family over several generations. The events take place in the difficult 30s and 40s. Zhmeniak's father tries to gather more land in his possession by all means. But not everyone understands that he will divide all that land between his children when it comes time to die anyway, and they are simply jealous of his possessions. Meanwhile, the children have their own dramas and tragedies, because it's one thing to love someo...
High Pass
Character: Yaroslava Petrin
World War II scattered the Carpathian peasant family of Yaroslava Petrin. She is a dedicated communist, and her husband, son and daughter support OUN-UPA....
The Stone Soul
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The events take place in the XIX century, in the Carpathian mountains. It is the screen adaptation of the novel by Hnat Khotkevych based on the legend of brave leaders who fought against the Austrian Habsburgs and the Polish magnates for the happiness and freedom of its people. And also it is a romantic story about a fatal overwhelming love....
The Woodcocks
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1930. A prominent figure of the Communist Party, the oppositionist Dmytro Karamazov, with his wife and a friend come to rest in a small provincial town on the banks of the Dnipro. Picturesque nature, neat houses with gardens - nothing portends trouble... Two beauties also come here, but not to rest. They should fulfill the plan of elimination of Karamazov....
Executed Dawns
Character: Fedora
Bolsheviks aim to set their rules on the lands of the Western Ukraine repeatedly occupied by them. UPA - the partisan army - resists their policy. The civilian population becomes a hostage of this war "without rules", and above all – relatives of the insurgents. Invaders and their allies cruelly torture the Ukrainian people, but the struggle continues. Irritated, "bolshevists" start evicting people to Siberia. UPA tries to prevent this action, but the forces are not equal. Insurgents can only ta...
The Distant Voice of the Cuckoo
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Dramatic, lyrical and production problems in the life of village people....
A Dream
Character: Yadviha Husikovska
Poetic treatment of the early life of Ukrainian poet and painter Taras Shevchenko. A biopic made on the occasion of his 150th anniversary. It dwells on the first part of the Shevchenko's life leading up to the writing of his rebellious poem "A Dream" (A comedy). The film features the first appearance on the silver screen of the iconic Ukrainian actor Ivan Mykolaichuk (as Taras Shevchenko)....
How the Blacksmith Sought Happiness
Character: Михайлова мати
A musical fairy tale for children about the adventures of blacksmith Mykhailo. On the way to the Zaporizhzhya Sich, the young blacksmith freed his beloved's brother. In the happy ending of the fairy tale, the main characters Mikhail and Lesya have a magnificent wedding....
Personal Weapon
Character: Praskovia Nechitailo
The murder of an ordinary policeman happened in a provincial town Limansk. Police officer Lyubov Virtanen comes from Moscow to investigate the crime. Her appearance is troubling the local authorities....
Roman and Francesca
Character: Madonna
A Soviet trading ship sank into the Italian port. Sailor Roman went ashore. In one of the squares he heard singing. It was sung by Francesca. The sailor was delighted with her voice and beauty. They wandered for a long time that day on ancient streets and squares. And the next morning the war began. The Soviet ship had to urgently return to their homeland. It was difficult to part in love, but they believe that they will definitely meet....
Chasing Two Hares
Character: Halia
Based on the Ukrainian vaudeville by Mykhailo Starytskyi, the famous Ukrainian writer. The leading character, Svyryd Petrovych Holokhvosty has his own barbershop in town and a reputation of a dandy. Once, after losing everything he had at cards, he decides to remedy his financial situation by a profitable marriage. A rich but ugly girl named Pronia Sirko falls for the illustrious suitor’s courtship......
Among Good People
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In the first days of the war, the mother lost her little daughter. Mikhailina found her and took her in, no doubt that she could become her real mother. All subsequent years she lived for the sake of the girl. But as time went on, the real mother continued to look for her child......
A Bag Full of Hearts
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Many years brings the collective-farm postman Arina post to home folks. This village in one corner is calledl; Chistuy Kolodets; in other ; Chistaya Krinitsa Russians and Ukrainians live there. Arina's stories about village people and the contemporaries create big story which in many recalls their favourite songs....
The Kyiv Direction
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Historical and military film about the exploits of fighters during Kyiv defense against the onset of the Nazi troops. In virtually hopeless situation soldiers fulfilled their duty to the end. Capture of Kyiv was the first Pyrrhic Hitler’s victory that in the end led to defeat of Germany during the war....
Fortress on Wheels
Character: Nadezhda
A story about an armored train, number 56, and its actions during WWII....
Oleksa Dovbush
Character: Marichka
The story of the "Hutsul Robin Hood" Oleksa Dovbush, an 18th century Carpathian Mountains outlaw who's a popular figure of Ukrainian legend....
Save Our Souls
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The vessel "Zaporozhets" sails on another overseas voyage. When the ship was already in the open ocean, radio operator Lesya Gordienko received an SOS radio message from a yacht carrying the daughter of English shipowner Alice Masefield and her fiance Michael Payton. After taking away Alice's life belt, Michael plunged into the water, leaving Alice on the burning yacht. Drowning Alice is rescued by Yuri Tsymbalyuk, a cadet at the naval academy. The intern and Lesya had a long-standing friendship...
Poem of the Sea
Character: Olesya
A Soviet dam project means that many old Ukrainian villages will end up under water. There are conflicts between the dam engineers and villagers who don't want to move....
Partisan Spark
Character: Поля Попик
From the first days of the WWII, an underground Komsomol organization "Partisan Spark" was established in a small Ukrainian village Krymka, captured by the fascists. It was headed by a ninth-grader Parfen Grechanyi. Young underground members, yesterday's schoolchildren, led a brave and courageous fight against the occupants. Beginning with the defeat of a fascist convoy that was taking bread from the village, the Sparkers were terrifying the enemies with their combat operations. It was 1943. The...
One-Two, Soldiers Were Going...
Character: Валентина Ивановна
The families of 18 soldiers who heroically died in 1944 are meeting at the place of the squad last battle....
Prelude to Fate
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A case brings together Donetsk Polytechnic Institute student Ivan Krasko, owner of a beautiful strong voice, with former singer Korobeichenko. Contrary to the will of his father, a hereditary miner, the hero refuses graduate school in Moscow and, under the guidance of a new friend, begins to seriously prepare for his first solo performance....
The Applicant
Character: Мария Гриценко
After failing to get into college, Galya finished flight attendant training and started flying with navigator Viktor, who happened to witness her failures and supported her during difficult times. A year passed quickly, and she became a college student. But on her last flight, there were two gangsters among the passengers....
The White Bird Marked with Black
Character: Katryna Dzvonar
A family struggles to survive in an area that was claimed as part of Rumania, Poland and the Ukraine, all within a short span of time. When World War II comes, various family members choose different masters; some even choose to work for the Soviets. War, struggle, marriages, births, deaths--all these events punctuate the story of this large family....
The Way to the Heart
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Professor Andrey Prikhodko is working on the problem of heart transplantation. On one of his happier days, the doctor decides to sort out his personal life and propose to his beloved Valentina. However, his son, who is still struggling to come to terms with the death of his mother, is against his father getting married. Realizing the complexity of the situation, Valentina breaks up with her beloved friend. Prykhodko finds the strength to overcome his depression and prepares for his first heart t...
The Channel
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The film is based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Hryhurko. The story is about the difficult life of young mechanics working on an irrigation canal in the steppe. Each of them has his own problems: a long-standing enmity, a prison past, family problems, and a complicated love for a single mother with a child. But the difficult remote work in the steppe forces everyone to change their outlook on life....
Living Water
Character: Христина
The love story of the beautiful Danko and the forester Anton, their struggle for their love and for the old grove – the beauty and pride of the Carpathian village, where the sound of axes is heard more and more often....
It Was in the Spring
Character: Marushya
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The Tale of a Woman
Character: Natalka Nechay
The film tells the story of a woman, Natalka Nechay, who works as a rolling mill operator. Her personal life hasn't worked out — she's separated from her husband. Her adult children are also facing difficulties: her son has divorced his wife, and her daughter, who is supposed to be preparing for her exams, has decided to get married......
The Burdened Grain
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The protagonists of the film meet at the Republican Agricultural Exhibition of Advanced Practices in Kyiv. Among them is Pavel Zarechny, a talented plant breeder, passionately devoted to his work, and Timofey Khizhnyak, the director of a scientific testing station, for whom personal gain is the ultimate goal in life. Also present are Dasha, Zarechny’s lab assistant, who becomes his love, and Dyachenko, a fellow scientist whose envy of Pavel’s success leads him to forget about decency and honor.....
Buryan
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David Motuzka, demobilized Red Army soldier, returns to his native village, hoping to see the changes caused by the revolutionary events. But he cannot see no improvement. The village is ruled by the kulaks and David's childhood friend Kornii Matiukha helps them....