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 |
Production | Marianna Novikova | Producer |
Editing | Yurii Hruzynov | Editor |
Camera | Oleksandr Kryshtalovych | Director of Photography |
Art | Mykola Kishchuk | Production Design |
Production | Mykhailo Illienko | Producer |
Writing | Mykhailo Illienko | Writer |
Art | Roman Adamovych | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Gala Otenko | Costume Designer |
Production | Tetiana Shepeleva | Casting Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Alina Maistruk | Makeup Department Head |
Editing | Viktor Maliarenko | Editor |
Directing | Anastasiia Ivashchuk | Assistant Director |
Directing | Serhii Korniienko | Second Unit Director |
Art | Arina Basheva | Property Master |
Directing | Yanina Kucher | First Assistant Director |
Sound | Anton Brzhestovskyi | Sound |
Sound | Ruslan Shebystyi | Foley Artist |
Sound | Artem Mostovyi | Sound Editor |
Sound | Andrii Starykovskyi | Foley Mixer |
Crew | Maksym Volynets | Stunt Driver |
Camera | Mykola Dorohin | Grip |
Camera | Timur Minazirov | Camera Operator |
Visual Effects | Oleh Verenko | VFX Artist |
Lighting | Bohdan Demchyshyn | Lighting Technician |
Production | Oleksandra Bratyshchenko | Line Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Mariia Kero | Costume Designer |
Writing | Taras Shevchenko | Author |