Having graduated from the gymnasium in Drohobych, young Stefanyk enrolled the Jagellonian University in Kraków. But Vasyl was more interested in politics and literature than in medicine. In Kraków, he joined the artistic and literary circles. Find out about how Stefanyk supported the Radical Party of Ivan Franko and run for office in the Sejm, how he met the Morachevskyis, the family of Polish doctors, and the story of his friendship with Solomiia Krushelnytska – in the documentary series “The Game of Fate” by VIATEL Studio narrated by Natalka Sopit.
- Script by Halyna Kryvorchuk
- Narrations Natali Sopit, Taras Denysenko
- Directed by Vasyl Viter
- Director of photography Georgij Kryvoshejenko
- Sound Oleg Golovoshkin
- Editor Arsenii Bortnyk
- Make up Kateryna Vodjana
- Costume LAURA ASHLEY ™
- Music De Wolfe Music
- Camera Oleksandr Demydenko
- Executive producer Halyna Kryvorchuk
- Producer Vasyl Viter
The shooting took place at:
– at the Vasyl Stefanyk Literary and Memorial Museum in Rusiv
– at the private house of the Stefanyk family in Rusiv
– at the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture
– at the Olha Kobylianska Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater
– at the Hotel and Restaurant Complex “Under The Lime Trees”
We used:
– the materials of the Vasyl Stefanyk Literary and Memorial Museum in Rusiv
– the H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine documents
– the fragments of the films:
“The Stone Cross” directed by Leonid Osyka
“A Melancholic Waltz” directed by Borys Savchenko
“The Island of Love” directed by Oleh Biima
Special thanks to the family of Vasyl Stefanyk for the help in the production of this film.
The film is created in association with the Bukovyna Community in Kyiv .