Yurii Illienko

Yurii Illienko

Yuri Illienko (18 July 1936 – 15 June 2010) was a Ukrainian film director and screenwriter. He directed twelve films between 1965 and 2002. His 1970 film The White Bird Marked with Black was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Golden Prize. Illienko was one of Ukraine's most influential filmmakers. His films represented Ukraine and what was happening to it. His films were banned in the USSR for their suspected anti-Soviet symbolism. Only in the recent years have his films been re-released and open to the public. Illienko was born in Cherkasy in 1936 but during World War II his family was evacuated to Siberia while his father was in the Red Army. He graduated high school in Moscow and Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1960. From 1960 till 1963 he worked as a director of photography at the Yalta Film Studio. In 1963 Illienko started his work as an operator and then a director at Dovzhenko Film Studios. His 1965 film Spring for the Thirsty (written by Ivan Drach) and 1968 film Vechir Na Ivan Kupala where both banned by the Soviet authorities till 1988. His 1971 film The White Bird Marked with Black, received the grand prize of the Moscow Film Festival, but at the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of Ukraine the film was (also) banned and branded "the most harmful movie that has ever been made in Ukraine, specifically for young people". His next film, To dream and to live (written in collaboration with Ivan Mykolaichuk), was stopped 42 times at various stages of production. Illienko then emigrated to Yugoslavia, where he shot the film To live in spite of everything. The film won "Silver" at Pula Film Festival and the prize for best actor. In the Ukrainian SSR, the picture was not allowed to be shown. His 1983 film Lisova pisnia. Mavka won the FIPRESCI Prize. In 1987 Illienko received the title of People's Artist of Ukraine. Yuriy Ilyenko created the independent film studio Fest-Zemlya, where he made the first non-state film in Ukraine. His 1990 film "Swan Lake "The Zone"" again won the FIPRESCI Prize. In 1991 and 1992 Illienko was Chairman of the Ukrainian Cinema Foundation. in 1991 he was awarded the Shevchenko National Prize. His 1994 documentary about Serhiy Parajanov received the "Golden Knight" at the film festival Cinema City. In 1996 he became a member of the Academy of Arts of Ukraine. His 2002 film A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa was banned from rental in Russia. Illienko died of cancer on 15 June 2010 at the age of 74.

  • Title: Yurii Illienko
  • Popularity: 3.086
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1936-05-09
  • Place of Birth: Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
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  • Also Known As: Іллєнко Юрій Герасимович, Юрій Іллєнко, Yuriy Illyenko
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Yurii Illienko Movies

  • 1999
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    Аве Марія

    Аве Марія

    1 1999 HD

    Once in the underpass at the Philharmonic, a singer Lyudmila hears a heavenly voice of a beggar-girl singing "Ave Maria" ...

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  • 1998
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    Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication

    Ivan Mykolaichuk. Dedication

    8 1998 HD

    The story of life and death of actor Ivan Mykolaychuk - the legend of Ukrainian poetic cinema. The film is stylized as Vertep Christmas mystery: the...

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  • 2002
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    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    5.1 2002 HD

    'A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa' unfolds during an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under...

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  • 1974
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    To Dream and to Live

    To Dream and to Live

    5 1974 HD

    The script about loneliness, conformity and the impossibility of creative realization scared the editorial censorship at the studio, and then at...

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  • 1995
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    A Farewell To Cinema

    A Farewell To Cinema

    1 1995 HD

    Documentary about post-Soviet society’s abandonment of cinema in favour of the free market.

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  • 1994
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    Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major

    Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1998
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    Ivan Marchuk: "The voice of my soul"

    Ivan Marchuk: "The voice of my soul"

    1 1998 HD

    The figure of the world-famous Ukrainian artist Ivan Fedorovych Marchuk, whose paintings present Ukrainian art on all continents of the world, became...

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  • 1963
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    Улица Ньютона, дом 1

    Улица Ньютона, дом 1

    2 1963 HD

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  • 1965
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    Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

    Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

    7.6 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    A Spring for the Thirsty

    A Spring for the Thirsty

    6.9 1965 HD

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  • 2002
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    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    5.1 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    5.1 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa

    5.1 2002 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Last Bunker

    The Last Bunker

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1990
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    Swan Lake: The Zone

    Swan Lake: The Zone

    5.9 1990 HD

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  • 1973
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    Defying Everybody

    Defying Everybody

    4.8 1973 HD

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  • 1972
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    The White Bird Marked with Black

    The White Bird Marked with Black

    5.9 1972 HD

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  • 1980
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    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    6.1 1980 HD

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  • 1980
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    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    6.1 1980 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    6.9 1968 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

    6.9 1968 HD

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  • 1979
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    A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers

    A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers

    5.4 1979 HD

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  • 1994
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    Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major

    Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1994
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    Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major

    Paradzhanov: Christ score in C major

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1987
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    Straw Bells

    Straw Bells

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Straw Bells

    Straw Bells

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1987
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    Straw Bells

    Straw Bells

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1983
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    Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants

    Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants

    6.5 1983 HD

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  • 1990
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    Swan Lake: The Zone

    Swan Lake: The Zone

    5.9 1990 HD

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  • 1961
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    Farewell, Doves

    Farewell, Doves

    6.6 1961 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Legend of Princess Olga

    The Legend of Princess Olga

    6.7 1984 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Legend of Princess Olga

    The Legend of Princess Olga

    6.7 1984 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Feast of the Baked Potato

    The Feast of the Baked Potato

    6 1978 HD

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  • 1974
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    To Dream and to Live

    To Dream and to Live

    5 1974 HD

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  • 1980
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    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    A Story of the Forest: Mavka

    6.1 1980 HD

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  • 1999
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    Аве Марія

    Аве Марія

    1 1999 HD

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  • 1974
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    To Dream and to Live

    To Dream and to Live

    5 1974 HD

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  • 1968
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    Out of Boredom

    Out of Boredom

    4.7 1968 HD

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  • 1972
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    The White Bird Marked with Black

    The White Bird Marked with Black

    5.9 1972 HD

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  • 1979
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    A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers

    A Strip of Uncut Wild Flowers

    5.4 1979 HD

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  • 1962
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    My Son is Somewhere

    My Son is Somewhere

    5 1962 HD

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  • 1993
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    To Remember

    To Remember

    7 1993 HD

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