History, Drama
During an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under King Charles XII, struggled for power, Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, which was part of the Russian Empire, signed a pact with the Swedish king promising to support Sweden in its war against Russia provided that Ukraine was given its independence.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Taras Bulba
Everything Is Illuminated
Battleship Potemkin
Lucky Girl
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba
An American Tail
Import/Export
Grandmother Told Grandmother
Why I'm Alive
The Duellists
Kings of Rap
The Traitor
Borderless
The Guide
Des trains dans la guerre
Creed II
Myrnyi-21
Cyborgs
Ukraine's Soul - A Tribute to Heroes
SIMILAR MOVIES
Taras Bulba
IMDB 6.3 | Nov , 1962
Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.Everything Is Illuminated
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 2005
A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.Battleship Potemkin
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1925
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre.Lucky Girl
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2023
Nina is a successful TV star, but her life changes when she is diagnosed with cancer. Facing a personal crisis, she has to confront her deepest fears.Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
IMDB 5.2 | Apr , 2009
Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.Taras Bulba
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1962
Italian adaptation of the historical novella of the same name by Nikolai Gogol.An American Tail
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 1986
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought he'd have to deal with again but also the loneliness of being away from home.Import/Export
IMDB 6.9 | Oct , 2007
A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life...Grandmother Told Grandmother
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2018
The little-known story of Ukrainian children torn from their homes in the crush between the Nazi and Soviet fronts in World War II. Spending their childhood as refugees in Europe, these inspiring individuals later immigrated to the United States, creating new homes and communities through their grit, faith and deep belief in the importance of preserving culture.Why I'm Alive
IMDB 8.5 | Nov , 2021
Mariupol. Pre-war life in a small Ukrainian town on the shore of the Azov Sea, with a good family life, quarrelsome neighbors, amateur opera, denunciations to the NKVD, and a dance floor in the city garden, the persecution of religion and, of course, with love.The Duellists
IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 1977
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.Kings of Rap
IMDB 8 | Aug , 2023
A seventeen-year-old village school graduate, a guy nicknamed Kazan, dreams of becoming a famous rapper and winning the heart of Sveta. For the sake of his dream, he is willing to risk everything, but circumstances steer his life in a different direction.The Traitor
IMDB 7.5 | Apr , 2018
1971, Odesa Film Studio. The KGB studio curator orders a re-edit of just finished movie about the events of Ukraine’s 1920s "civil war" of a young director in line with the Party’s view on the historical events. This re-editing work is entrusted to a young female editor, which consequently realizes she must protect the director’s vision and the safe-guard the truth about her country under Soviet occupation.Borderless
IMDB 1.2 | Nov , 2022
Following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Denys is forced to leave his country. He has nothing left but the hope of seeing Dmitrii, a young recruit of the Russian army.The Guide
IMDB 7.7 | Nov , 2014
American boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-30s Soviet Ukraine.Des trains dans la guerre
IMDB 9 | Mar , 2025
Creed II
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2018
Between personal obligations and training for his next big fight against an opponent with ties to his family's past, Adonis Creed is up against the challenge of his life.Myrnyi-21
IMDB 7.5 | Feb , 2023
The story of trust and its absence against the background of events unfolding in Eastern Ukraine in early 2014. The main topic is revealed through the prism of the Luhansk border base, whose fighters the separatists and Russian special services tried unsuccessfully force to betray their country.Cyborgs
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 2017
‘The Cyborgs’ is re-telling the recent history of Ukraine – the legendary fight for Donetsk Airport in 2014 during Russian invasion. The freedom fighters from various divisions of Ukrainian army and volunteer battalions took a 242-days stand against the Russian backed militants until the complete destruction of the airport’s terminal.Ukraine's Soul - A Tribute to Heroes
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2022
Documentary about Ukrainian heroes and others who keep making music in the harshest conditions, to lift people's spirits during the war with Russia. Shot on location in Ukraine, Russia, and Poland.