Yours Vasyl (2020)
Overview
Vasyl Stus dreamed of engaging in literature, not politics; to be a famous poet, not a dissident. But the Soviet special services and the CPSU pushed him to a point of no return. How did such a transformation take place? What was "Yours Vasyl" really like?
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| Original Language | uk |
| Popularity | 0.221 |
Directed By
Oleksandr Avsharov
Svitlana Rudiuk
Crew
Oleksandr Avsharov
Svitlana Rudiuk
Khrystyna Lyzohub
Kostiantyn Ponomarov
Mariia Kero
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