The Golden Gates (1971)

overview : 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”.

Release Date : Mar 01, 1971

Runtime : 1h 20m

Genre : Documentary  TV Movie  

Companies : Mosfilm

Countries : Soviet Union

Keywords : socialist realism, ukrainian culture, silent soviet era, national representation, cinema poetry