Annychka
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Annychka is a 1968 Ukrainian drama
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The film, which was produced at the Dovzhenko Film Studios, takes place in 1943 and is about a Hutsul
girl played by Lyubov Rumyantseva. In 1969 it received a Golden Tower award at the Phnom Penh
Film Festival in Cambodia
. The director received a special prize at the Kyiv Film Festival. In USSR alone, in 1969 25.1 million people saw it.
. Having told her father of the decision to elope with the soldier she drives her father to despair and eventual insanity. The story ends on a tragic note, when the father kills his daughter.
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
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The film, which was produced at the Dovzhenko Film Studios, takes place in 1943 and is about a Hutsul
Hutsuls
Hutsuls are an ethno-cultural group of Ukrainian highlanders who for centuries have inhabited the Carpathian mountains, mainly in Ukraine, the northern extremity of Romania .-Etymology:...
girl played by Lyubov Rumyantseva. In 1969 it received a Golden Tower award at the Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...
Film Festival in Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
. The director received a special prize at the Kyiv Film Festival. In USSR alone, in 1969 25.1 million people saw it.
Synopsis
The film dwells of the love story in the midst of the Second World War in 1943. A Hutsul girl Annychka finds herself in the middle of hostilities and gets acquainted with a wounded soldier in the forest. Looking after the soldier, she falls in love with him and turns against her boyfriend in the village, who became a Nazi collaboratorCollaborationism
Collaborationism is cooperation with enemy forces against one's country. Legally, it may be considered as a form of treason. Collaborationism may be associated with criminal deeds in the service of the occupying power, which may include complicity with the occupying power in murder, persecutions,...
. Having told her father of the decision to elope with the soldier she drives her father to despair and eventual insanity. The story ends on a tragic note, when the father kills his daughter.