Outstanding Ukrainian writer Olha Kobylianska was born in Eastern Bukovyna. From her early years, she was drawn to writing: first, she kept a diary, later, she started writing short stories, novelettes and novels. Though, she had no professional education. Olha early took responsibility for caring about her sick father and housekeeping. She was a beautiful maiden, who often fell in love and dreamed to create her own family. But men feared that too smart and sharp-tongued girl. Find out about the story of romantic affairs and disappointments of young Olha Kobylianska in the first part of the film “Olha Kobylianska. Valse Brillante” in the documentary series “The Game of Fate” by VIATEL Studio narrated by Natalka Sopit.
- Script by Vasyl Viter, Halyna Kryvorchuk, Natali Sopit
- Narrations Natali Sopit, Taras Denysenko
- Directed by Vasyl Viter
- Director of photography Georgij Kryvoshejenko
- Sound Oleg Golovoshkin
- 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 Olha Kobylianska Literary and Memorial Museum in Chernivtsi
– at the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture
– at the Olha Kobylianska Memorial Estate in Dymka village
– at the Hotel and Restaurant Complex “Under The Lime Trees”
We used:
– the archives of Olha Kobylianska of the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
-the H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine documents
– the fragments of the films:
“The Stone Cross” of the Dovzhenko Film Studio directed by Leonid Osyka;
“A Melancholic Waltz” directed by Borys Savchenko;
“The Nature” of the Ukrtelefilm Studio directed by Oleh Biima;
“The Princess” directed by Serhiyi Turianytsia
– the illustrations to the novel “The Earth” by Serhii Adamovych, Vasyl Kasiian
The film is created in association with the Bukovyna Community in Kyiv .