The Golden Gates

The Golden Gates

80 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | March 1, 1971

The film-remembrance of the creative fate of the Ukrainian Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko, shot on his diaries. It has his statements about his work, about the role of the artist in society, his plans and sources of inspiration, his artistic style and the peculiarities of his worldview. Used excerpts from his films and documentary footage taken during the director's life, as well as filmed fragments of the unfinished scripts " The Death of the Gods” and “Tsar”.

The Golden Gates

80 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | March 1, 1971

The Golden Gates
The film-remembrance of the creative fate of the Ukrainian Soviet film director Alexander Dovzhenko, shot on his diaries. It has his statements about his work, about the role of the artist in society, his plans and sources of inspiration, his artistic style and the peculiarities of his worldview. Used excerpts from his films and documentary footage taken during the director's life, as well as filmed fragments of the unfinished scripts " The Death of the Gods” and “Tsar”.
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Золотые ворота
Directors Yuliya Solntseva
Writers Valeri Karen, Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Yuliya Solntseva

Cast

Roman Tkachuk

as God / Peasant

Nikolay Grinko

as Bishop

Pyotr Shcherbakov

as Gordei Truba

Nikolai Gubenko

as Soldier Ivan

Boris Sichkin

as Nesmachny

Sergey Bondarchuk

as Narrator (Voice)