In 1891, Olha Kobylianska moved with her parents to a house in Chernivtsi city that was called back then the small Vienna. There, she joined the circle of cultural intellectuals. There, Olha’s literary career started. Her works were published in Bukovyna newspaper by young literary critic and editor Osyp Makovei. Meeting that man was a very important event in the life of the writer. Find out about the story of the first years of literary success and hopes for personal happiness in the life of Kobylianska 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 .