Marko Lukych Kropyvnytskyi was one of the founders of Ukrainian “Coryphae Theater”. That was the name of the theater groups directed by that prominent person. His performances were given on the stages of many cities across the Russian Empire, and even in the Mariinskyi Theater in Saint Petersburg. The acting was highly acknowledged by the members of the royal family. Kropyvnytskyi and Mariia Zankovetska were even invited to play in the Imperial Theater, but they refused. As for his personal life, Marko Kropyvnytskyi found comfort only in his declining years. Find out about the story of the second marriage of the famous actor and director, and of his last roles in theater – in the documentary series “The Game of Fate” by VIATEL Studio narrated by Natalka Sopit.
- Script by Julia Orlenko,Vasyl Viter
- Narrations Natali Sopit, Taras Denysenko
- Directed by Vasyl Viter
- Director of photography Georgij Kryvoshejenko
- Sound Oleg Golovoshkin
- Editor Oleg Tudoran
- Make up Olga Bondarenko
- Costume LAURA ASHLEY ™
- Music De Wolfe Music
- Camera Oleksandr Demydenko
- Executive producer Halyna Kryvorchuk
- Producer Vasyl Viter
The shooting took place at:
– at the M.L. Kropyvnytskyi Memorial Museum in Kropyvnytskyi town
– at the State Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Ukraine
– at the Kropyvnytskyi Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre in Kropyvnytskyi town
We used:
– the private archive of Ihor Kropyvnytskyi, the grandson of Mark Lukych Kropyvnytskyi
– the H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine documents
– the fragments of films “The Talented Admirer”, “Guilty without Guilt”
The recording of the poem “My Thoughts” by Taras Shevchenko performed by Marko Kropyvnytskyi is used in the film
Backstage
