Oleksandr Vertynskyi spent his childhood and adolescence in Kyiv. He dreamed of becoming an artist and tried to find himself in different genres. Later, in Moscow, he even acted in films. And when he started singing his own songs and created the image of the sad Pierrot, it became his alter ego for a long time. Find out about how sad and humble Pierrot finally became popular, how after the First World War Vertynskyi went abroad and traveled for a long time in foreign lands in the first part of the film “The Sad Pierrot” 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
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The shooting took place at:
– at the Les Kurbas National Centre of Theatrical Arts
– in the restaurant “Vahon” (editor’s comment: The Wagon) in KyivWe 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”