After ten years of unhappy childless marriage, Mykola Lysenko met another woman – Olha Lypska. She became the mother of his children, but Olha O’Connor did not agree to give Lysenko the divorce. And the mother of his five children could not become his lawful wife. Find out about the happy years Lysenko spent with Olha Lypska, about their love and the tragic death of his beloved woman – in the documentary series “The Game of Fate” by VIATEL Studio narrated by Natalka Sopit.
- Script by Tamara Bojko, Vasyl Viter
- Narrations Natali Sopit, Taras Denysenko
- Directed by Vasyl Viter
- Director of photography Georgij Kryvoshejenko
- Sound Oleg Golovoshkin
- Editor Oleg Tudoran
- Make up Zhanna Betrozova
- Costume LAURA ASHLEY ™
- Music Mykola Lysenko, De Wolfe Music
- Camera Oleksandr Demydenko
- Executive producer Halyna Kryvorchuk
- Producer Vasyl Viter
The shooting took place at:
– at the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture
– at the International Centre of Culture and Arts
We used:
– the H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine documents
– the fragments of the film “And Sounds will Carry on the Memory”
– the phonograms of the National Radio Company of Ukraine:
– the aria of Petro from the “Natalka Poltavka” opera performed by Ivan Kozlovskyi;
– the cavatina of Oksana from the “Christmas Night” opera performed by Liliia Teliuk