Vertynskyi could find the right key to the spectators’ hearts wherever he was: in many cities of Europe and America. In China, the great artist met his wife Lidiia who became his companion for the rest of his life. In 1943, Vertynskyi finally got a permission to return to his homeland. Did the return to the totalitarian state make the sad Pierrot Vertynskyi happy? About this – in the documentary series “The Game of Fate” by VIATEL Studio narrated by Natalka Sopit.
- Script by Vasyl Obraz
- Narrations Natali Sopit, Taras Denysenko
- Directed by Vasyl Obraz
- Director of photography Georgij Kryvoshejenko
- Sound Oleg Golovoshkin
- Editor Oleg Tudoran
- Make up Zhanna Betrozova
- Costume LAURA ASHLEY ™
- Music De Wolfe Music
- Camera Oleksandr Demydenko
- Executive producer Halyna Kryvorchuk
- Producer Vasyl Viter
The shooting took place at:
– at the Les Kurbas National Centre of Theatrical Arts
– in the restaurant “Vahon” (editor’s comment: The Wagon) in Kyiv
We used:
– the songs are performed by O. Vertynskyi
-the H.S. Pshenychnyi Central State Film and Photo Archive of Ukraine documents
– the fragments of the films “Sadko”, “The Riot of the Doomed”