There is a ballad written by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko called “That Catherine's hut is on the hill...". It is about a rescue of Catherine's lover, whom she saves by posing him as her brother. This story, as a parable, flies throughout Ukraine's history and reconstructs its dramatic and heroic episodes. Every challenge, including the Chernobyl accident, leaves Catherine without her home. But she is stubborn, as many generations of Ukrainians, in rebuilding her house out of pieces. The story is not only about Catherine's redemption, but also about Ukraine's survival throughout the centuries that is reflected in a folk tradition called Toloka.
Directing | Mykhailo Illienko | Director |
Writing | Mykhailo Illienko | Writer |
Production | Mykhailo Illienko | Producer |
Production | Marianna Novikova | Producer |
Camera | Oleksandr Kryshtalovych | Director of Photography |
Art | Roman Adamovych | Production Design |
Art | Mykola Kishchuk | Production Design |
Editing | Yurii Hruzynov | Editor |
Editing | Viktor Maliarenko | Editor |
Production | Tetiana Shepeleva | Casting Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Alina Maistruk | Makeup Department Head |
Costume & Make-Up | Halyna Otenko | Costume Designer |
Directing | Serhii Korniienko | Second Unit Director |
Directing | Anastasiia Ivashchuk | Assistant Director |
Directing | Yanina Kucher | First Assistant Director |
Sound | Anton Brzhestovskyi | Sound |
Art | Arina Basheva | Property Master |
Sound | Ruslan Shebystyi | Foley Artist |
Sound | Artem Mostovyi | Sound Editor |
Sound | Andrii Starykovskyi | Foley Mixer |
Visual Effects | Oleh Verenko | VFX Artist |
Crew | Maksym Volynets | Stunt Driver |
Camera | Timur Minazirov | Camera Operator |
Lighting | Bohdan Demchyshyn | Lighting Technician |
Camera | Mykola Dorohin | Grip |
Production | Oleksandra Bratyshchenko | Line Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Mariia Kero | Costume Designer |
Writing | Taras Shevchenko | Author |