Hunt for the Cossack's Gold

Hunt for the Cossack's Gold (1993)

Вперед, за скарбами гетьмана!

Long time ago Ukrainian hetman sent his treasures to the British bank, hoping that later Ukraine will get rid of the Moscow yoke and then gold will help Ukrainian people. In modern times KGB agents and foreign spies hunt for hetman's descendant - Ivan Polubotko, guy phlegmatic and narrow-minded, to use him to get the treasure.

Date of release
1993-01-01
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Comedy, Adventure
Director
Vadym Kastelli

Casting

Interesting facts

Forward, for the Hetman's Treasures! is a 1993 Ukrainian satirical comedy film directed by Vadym Kastelli. Produced during the early years of Ukraine's independence, the film is an absurdist political farce that parodies the legend of the Gold of Polubotok.

Production and legacy

The film was the directorial debut of Vadym Kastelli and was produced at the Dovzhenko Film Studios. It is recognized as one of the first major political satires of independent Ukraine. According to the Dovzhenko Centre, the film utilizes "grotesque" humor to reflect the "spy mania" and social uncertainty of the post-Soviet transition in the early 1990s.

The film parodies the widespread public hope that the legendary gold of Polubotok would resolve the nation's economic crises, a theme that has given it cult status in Ukrainian cinema history.

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