Іловайськ 2014. Батальйон «Донбас»

Іловайськ 2014. Батальйон «Донбас» (2019)

Based on a true story. Two fighters of 'Donbas' Volunteer Battalion get locked inside city of Ilovaysk after regular Russian army enters Ukraine and shells the surrounded divisions of Ukrainian Army in the infamous would-be 'green corridor'. The fighters survive thanks to the help of the locals and manage to break out through the front line to reach the freed territory. Taras Kostanchuk who is playing himself as 'Beshoot' is that same Donbas commander who is the prototype of the story. Half of the actors and extras are real 'Donbas' volunteers who survived the battle.

Data di uscita
2019-08-29
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (13)
Durata
2 h 0 min
Generi
Guerra, Azione, Dramma
Regista
Ivan Tymchenko

Cast

Curiosità

Ilovaisk 2014. Battalion "Donbas" is a 2019 Ukrainian feature film directed by Ivan Tymchenko about the Battle of Ilovaisk during the War in Donbas. The film was released in wide Ukrainian theatrical distribution on 29 August 2019. It was produced entirely from private funds, with no support from the State Film Agency of Ukraine, the Ministry of Culture, or the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.

Production

The screenplay was written by journalist and author Mykhailo Brynykh, who spent more than two years developing it from press materials and first-hand accounts of veterans who took part in the liberation operation at Ilovaisk. Principal photography took place in 2018 outside Kyiv.

The film's lead actor, Taras Kostanchuk, plays himself — he is the real Donbas Battalion commander nicknamed "Bishut" who led the assault group during the actual events depicted in the film. Hundreds of other veterans of the Donbas Battalion and the Armed Forces of Ukraine participated as actors and extras.

The character of "Franco" is based on real-life Ukrainian-American volunteer Marko Paslawsky, who was killed in the battle. On 14 May 2019 the first trailer was released. The film had its wide Ukrainian theatrical release on 29 August 2019 — the fifth anniversary of the Ilovaisk encirclement. On 4 February 2020 the film was made freely available on a VOD platform.

Leggi su Wikipedia · Testo da Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Dati da Wikidata.

Consigliati