
The film "Cassandra" by Lesya Ukrainka
1974, 89 min
State Enterprise "Ukrainian Studio of Television Films "Ukrtelefilm", 1974.
The film "Cassandra" by the actors of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater based on the play of the same name by Lesya Ukrainka.
Cast: Yulia Tkachenko, Natalia Lototska, Arkady Gashinsky, Borys Stavytsky, Olga Kusenko, Halyna Semenenko, Stepan Oleksenko, Vasyl Dashenko, Viktor Tsymbalist, Yakiv Syrotenko.
Director — Serhiy Smiyan.
Reference: "Cassandra" by Lesya Ukrainka is one of the key intellectual dramas of Ukrainian literature of the early 20th century, combining an ancient plot with modernist psychologism and philosophical issues of truth and responsibility. This play represents a high level of Europeanization of Ukrainian drama, establishing it in the context of world modernism through deep interpretation of myth and complex inner drama of personality.