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"Vanity" by Ivan Karpenko-Kary

"Vanity" by Ivan Karpenko-Kary

1995, 88 min

State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1995.

TV play "Vanity" based on the play of the same name by Ivan Karpenko-Kary.

Cast: Anatoliy Pazenko, Lyudmila Tomashevska, Fedir Stryhun, Leonid Tytov, Oleksandr Zadniprovskyy, Oleksandr Bystrushkin, Iryna Doroshenko, Oleksandr Loginov, Nazar Stryhun, Mykola Slyozka, Raisa Nedashkivska, Polina Lazova, Ksenia Nikolaeva, Anatoliy Khostikoyev, Yakiv Syrotenko, Bohdan Stupka, Vladyslav Goncharov.

Director — Yuriy Nekrasov.

Reference: Ivan Karpenko-Kary's comedy "Vanity" is one of the key socio-psychological plays of Ukrainian drama of the early 20th century, in which the problem of careerism is sharply considered, loss of moral integrity and alienation of the intelligentsia from the people. The play exposes the destructive power of vain ambitions on the example of the Barylchenko family and at the same time raises the universal theme of the degradation of human relationships under the pressure of social success.