Ivan Mykolaichuk: a meeting with the residents of Chernivtsi

The video shows a meeting of Chernivtsi residents at the Zoya Kosmodemianska Theater with actor Ivan Mykolaychuk in May 1980.

Background: Ivan Mykolaychuk was born on June 15, 1941, in the village of Chortorya, Chernivtsi region. He is a Ukrainian film actor, film director, screenwriter, and writer. He was awarded the Shevchenko Prize in 1988 (posthumously). He played 34 film roles, wrote 9 screenplays, and has two directorial works. In the Ukrainian SSR, he was labeled “unreliable”. He was called the “soul of Ukrainian cinema”. His most famous role is Ivan in the film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors directed by Serhiy Parajanov. The film gained worldwide recognition.

Ivan Mykolaychuk died of cancer on August 3, 1987. He was buried at the Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv.