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Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built specifically for artists. He comes from the provinces and works as a proof-reader in a printing press, and has never even dreamed of living under one roof with prominent Ukrainian writers and artists. He thinks his own poetry is genius, but nobody takes his literary efforts seriously, not to mention the occasional chuckles over his epigone poems. But fate smiles at him. The head of the political intelligence agency suggests that he become the author of a play written earlier. Akimov agrees, signing a non- disclosure note. The poet has no idea what price he will pay for this success. “‘Slovo’ House” is a story about a generation of Ukrainian artists persecuted by the totalitarian system, unfolding against the backdrop of one of the largest genocides of the 20th century: the Holodomor, which caused the death of almost 7 million people.Read moreLess
Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built specifically for artists. He comes from the provinces and works as a proof-reader in a printing press, and has never even dreamed of living under one roof with prominent Ukrainian writers and artists. He thinks his own poetry is genius, but nobody takes his literary efforts seriously, not to mention the occasional chuckles over his epigone poems. But fate smiles at him. The head of the political intelligence agency suggests that he become the author of a play written earlier. Akimov agrees, signing a non- disclosure note. The poet has no idea what price he will pay for this success. “‘Slovo’ House” is a story about a generation of Ukrainian artists persecuted by the totalitarian system, unfolding against the backdrop of one of the largest genocides of the 20th century: the Holodomor, which caused the death of almost 7 million people.
The story
Kharkiv, the 1930s. The heyday of Ukrainian art. Ambitious young poet Vladimir Akimov happily settles in at the new luxury "Slovo" House built specifically for artists. He comes from the provinces and works as a proof-reader in a printing press, and has never even dreamed of living under one roof with prominent Ukrainian writers and artists. He thinks his own poetry is genius, but nobody takes his literary efforts seriously, not to mention the occasional chuckles over his epigone poems. But fate smiles at him. The head of the political intelligence agency suggests that he become the author of a play written earlier. Akimov agrees, signing a non- disclosure note. The poet has no idea what price he will pay for this success. “‘Slovo’ House” is a story about a generation of Ukrainian artists persecuted by the totalitarian system, unfolding against the backdrop of one of the largest genocides of the 20th century: the Holodomor, which caused the death of almost 7 million people.
Cast & crew
Dmytro OliinykVolodymyr Akimov
Viacheslav DovzhenkoMykola Khvylovyi
Nina NabokaAunty Varia
Maryna KoshkinaHalia
Valeriia KhodosRaisa Troianker
Yurii OdynokyiMerer, NKVD officer
Andrii MaiVolodymyr Sosiura
Yuliia ChepurkoMariia Sosiura
Kostiantyn TemliakPavlo Tychyna
Hennadii PopenkoMykhailo Semenko
Roman KhalaimovArkadii Liubchenko
Dmytro VikulovOstap VyshniaExplore the crew
- Director
- Taras Tomenko
- Screenplay
- Taras Tomenko
- Screenplay
- Liubov Yakymchuk
- Producer
- Yuliia Cherniavska
- Producer
- Pylyp Illienko
- Producer
- Rostyslav Martiniuk
- Producer
- Oleh Shcherbyna
- Director of Photography
- Mykhailo Liubarskyi
- Editor
- Mykhailo Liubarskyi
- Editor
- Oleksii Shamin