Ternopil Television. The program "They glorified our land" from April 12, 2012 is dedicated to an interview with Honored Artist of Ukraine, writer Petro Lastivka.

On the video: an interview with actor Petro Lastivka, talks about participation in the German-Soviet war, about theater, life, village, writing poems; shows photos from his own archive.

Author — Lyudmila Putkalets.

Reference: Petro Lastivka - Ukrainian Soviet actor and writer, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR. He worked in theaters of Ukraine and played over 100 roles, including Petro in the play "Natalka Poltavka" by Ivan Kotlyarevsky. Awarded the orders of the Red Star, Bohdan Khmelnytsky and the medal "For Courage".

Interview with actor Petro Lastivka

Chernivtsi Television, 1972. Excerpt from a program dedicated to a meeting with actors and the history of the creation of the Kharkiv State Theater of Revolution.

On the video: general and close-up shots of the actors; a performance by Ukrainian actor and director Yuri Kozakovsky, telling about the history of the creation of the Kharkiv State Theater of Revolution, the chronology of its development; the history of the theater and the first performances are continued by other actors, names unknown; a performance by People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR Hanna Yanushevich, telling about the visit of the Ukrainian writer Olga Kobylyanska; Yuri Kozakovsky tells about the first theatrical performances in Bukovina.

Reference: The Kharkiv State Theater of Revolution was a Soviet drama theater that operated in 1931–1937 in Kharkiv as a branch of the All-Ukrainian Union of Proletarian Writers. After the liquidation of the Berezil Theater in 1937, it was merged with the Kharkiv Theater of Working Youth, forming the Kharkiv Theater named after Lenin Komsomol. In 1940, the theater was transferred to Chernivtsi, where the Chernivtsi Ukrainian Musical and Drama Theater named after Olga Kobylyanska was formed on its basis.

Kharkiv Theater of Revolution in Chernivtsi

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Television Film Studio "Ukrtelefilm", 1982.

The film "Theatre of Hope" is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Ukrainian professional theater created by Mark Kropyvnytsky — the Koryphey Theater.

On the video: a story about the Koryphey Theater, a tour of the museum; theater artists and actors give comments on the history of the development of Ukrainian theater. The film uses materials from the State Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema of the Ukrainian SSR (now the Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema of Ukraine in Kyiv).

Comments: People's Artist of the USSR Olga Kusenko; Ukrainian Soviet actors Valery Ivchenko, Iryna Dzyuba, Fedor Stryhun.

The film is dubbed in russian languages.

Reference: The Koryphey Theater is the first professional Ukrainian theater, founded in 1882 in Yelysavetgrad (now Kropyvnytskyi) by Mark Kropyvnytskyi, who formed a national stage tradition under imperial restrictions. Its leading figures included Marko Kropyvnytskyi, Mykola Sadovskyi, Panas Saksaganskyi, Maria Zankovetska and the Tobilevichi brothers, and the style of the theater combined drama, music and folk elements.

100th Anniversary of the Koryphey Theater of Kropynytsky

Volyn Television, 1997. A one-man play "Marusya Churay" based on the work of the Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko performed by Honored Artist of Ukraine Halyna Kazhan.

Reference: "Marusya Churay" is a historical novel in verses by Lina Kostenko, which depicts the tragic love story of the folk singer Marusya Churay and Hryts Bobrenko against the backdrop of the events of the Khmelnytskyi region. The work combines personal drama with the broad historical context of the liberation struggle of the Ukrainian people and reflects on the problems of love, betrayal, moral choice and the role of the artist in society.

"Marusya Churay": a one-man play by Halyna Kazhan

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1990.

A film-ballet based on the story of Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky - "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors". Music - Vitaly Kyreiko, choreography - Vadym Fedotov. Performed by artists of the Taras Shevchenko National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Ukraine.

Film-ballet "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", 1990

1995, Ukrainian television. A program about Olga Pysar, an actress at the Kiev Academic Theater for Young Audiences in Lipky. Hosted by Oksana Orlovska.

The video features footage of Kiev, an interview with Olga Pysar, footage of Kiev, and excerpts from performances featuring the actress.

Theater actress Olga Pysar

State Enterprise ‘Ukrainian Television Film Studio ’Ukrtelevizor", 1987.

Film adaptation of the novel ‘The Witch of Konotop’ by Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko. Produced by the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre. Directors: Igor Afanasyev, Vyacheslav Bun. Screenplay: Bogdan Zholdak, Igor Afanasyev. Composer Igor Poklad.

Cast: Natalia Sumska, Bogdan Beniuk, Yakiv Syrotenko, Mykola Zadniprovskyi, Oleksandr Zadniprovskyi, Raisa Teplova, Valentin Trotsyuk, and others.

Film-performance ‘The Witch of Konotop’, 1987

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1978.

On the video is the opera "Bohdan Khmelnytsky" by Kostyantyn Dankevych on the stage of the Dnipro Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Libretto by Wanda Vasilevska and Oleksandr Korniychuk. Musical director and conductor - Petro Varivoda.

Opera "Bohdan Khmelnytsky", 1978

2006, National Television Company of Ukraine. Program about the opera "Bohdan Khmelnytsky" by Konstantin Dankevych on the stage of the Donetsk Academic State Opera and Ballet Theater named after Anatoly Solovyanenko.

On the video: screensavers, scenes from the opera, comments: Deputy Director of the Donetsk Opera Olena Tsymbal; Director-Producer Vasyl Vovkun; Actress Tatyana Savvina; Director of the Lviv Opera Tadei Eder; Author of the musical version of the opera's finale Yevhen Stankovych; Actress Lyudmila Shemchuk; Conductor-Producer Vasyl Vasylenko; Audience.

Opera "Bohdan Khmelnytsky" at the Donetsk Theater

December 20, 2010, Uzhhorod.

The video shows the New Year's children's performance "The Snow Queen". Uzhhorod Palace of Children and Youth, the performance on stage, children in costumes near the Christmas tree.

New Year's performance "The Snow Queen"

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1994.

The documentary film "Forgive and Goodbye..." is dedicated to the Ukrainian actress and theater figure, the leading star of the Ukrainian theater of the late 19th - early 20th centuries, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR Maria Zankovetskaya.

On the video: screensavers, archival documents, photographs, theater posters, a letter from the actress to the administration of the State People's Theater.

Actress Maria Zankovetska

Recording of the play "Soldier's Portrait", 1954.

Based on the work of playwright Grigory Kvitka-Osnovyanenko. Performed by People's Artist Oleksandr Serdyuk.
