Ukraine in Flames
About Ukraine in Flames
The documentary covers the Battle of Kharkiv and the fight for Ukraine. It cuts Soviet footage together with German film of the invasion that was captured later.
Cast & crew
More about Ukraine in Flames
Oleksandr Dovzhenko and Yuliya Solntseva directed it. Dovzhenko wrote it. The Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films produced it. Dmytro Klebanov and Andrii Shtoharenko wrote the music. It runs 73 minutes. Dates on the record include October 1943, 2 April 1944, 3 July 1944, and 14 March 1945. The Russian title is Битва за нашу Советскую Украину, Battle for Our Soviet Ukraine.
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A large camera crew shot it, among them Vladimir Frolenko, Vsevolod Afanasyev, and Kostiantyn Bohdan. The film also uses captured German invasion footage.
Music
Dmytro Klebanov and Andrii Shtoharenko wrote the music.
Notes
- It is Dovzhenko's second World War II documentary.
- Solntseva shares the direction.
- The German material was taken after it was captured, then cut into the Soviet account of Kharkiv.
Scenes
- German invasion shots are cut against the Soviet advance on Kharkiv.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (1943 Битва за нашу Советскую Украину.webm)
