Les Kurbas was already called a genius and an innovator in theater directing when he was just 31. And Valentyna Chystiakova was a young student and practiced ballet. It was the time they met in Kyiv. Each of them had gone through a personal love tragedy, but fate sent them the strong feeling of love and joy of joint creative work in Berezil Theater. Find out about the story of the great love that was ended by political imprisonment of Kurbas, and of the fate of his wife Valentyna Chystiakova – in the documentary series “The Game of Fate” by VIATEL Studio narrated by Natalka Sopit.
- Script by Kateryna Bashkina
- 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 ASHLEY ™
- Music De Wolfe Music
- Camera Oleksandr Demydenko
- Executive producer Halyna Kryvorchuk
- Producer Vasyl Viter
The shooting took place at:
– at the Kyiv Academic Young Theater
– at the State Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema of Ukraine
We used:
– the H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine documents
Backstage
