Straw Bells

Straw Bells

144 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 2, 1987

Vasyl Vilgota raised two sons. One of them died on the fronts of the Second World War, defending the homeland, and the second served as Hilfspolizei. Vilgota himself also helped the Nazis. Although he carefully hides this fact of his biography, there is one man who knows the truth about him.

Straw Bells

144 mins | Drama, War | Oct. 2, 1987

Straw Bells
Vasyl Vilgota raised two sons. One of them died on the fronts of the Second World War, defending the homeland, and the second served as Hilfspolizei. Vilgota himself also helped the Nazis. Although he carefully hides this fact of his biography, there is one man who knows the truth about him.
Producers Dovzhenko Film Studios
Original title Солом'яні дзвони
Directors Yurii Illienko
Writers Yurii Illienko

Cast

Les Serdyuk

as Vasyl Vilgota

Sergei Podgornyj

as Yashka

Philip Ilyenko

as Young Yashka

Nina Matviyenko

as Katerina

Lyudmila Yefymenko

as Motria

Maya Bulgakova

as Melanka

Olha Sumska

as Galia