Outstanding musician Franz Liszt was born in Hungary, studied in France, and toured all over the Europe. The young and handsome pianist captured the heart of many admirers. But he found his true love in Ukraine, when he performed at the Contract Fair in Kyiv. That was Princess Karolina Ivanivska-Wittgenstein. Find out about the story of romantic encounter of Franz and Karolina in the first part of the film “The love sent by the stars” in the documentary series “The Game of Fate” by VIATEL Studio narrated by Natalka Sopit.
- Script by Ludmila Vol’ska and performance of music by Ferenc Liszt
- Narrations Natali Sopit, Taras Denysenko
- Directed by Vasyl Viter
- Director of photography Georgij Kryvoshejenko
- Sound Oleg Golovoshkin, Anton Sasko
- Editor Arsenii Bortnyk
- Make up Janina Berezutska
- Costume LAURA ASHLEY ™
- Music De Wolfe Music
- Camera Oleksandr Demydenko
- Executive producer Halyna Kryvorchuk
- Producer Vasyl Viter
The shooting took place at:
– at the “Zolochiv Castle” Lviv Art Gallery
– at the Lviv Historical Museum
– at the Institute of Folk Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Lviv (Museum of Ethnography and Arts)
– at the Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics History of Ukraine in Voronovytsia
– in the motherland of Karolina Ivanovska in Voronovytsia village of Khmelnytskyi Region of Vinnytsia Oblast
– at the Petro Tchaikovskyi National Music Academy of Ukraine
We used:
– the iconographic materials of the Lviv Historical Museum
– the materials of the Stefanyk National Science Library
– the fragments of the films “The Dreams of Love”, “Composer Glinka”
The film is created with the International Renaissance Foundation support.
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