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Carol of the Bells
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Carol of the Bells

2023-01-05 · 122 min · ★ 7.6

Drama · History

Immortalised as one of the most scintillating and uplifting Christmas songs, 'Carol of the Bells' adapted from a popular and loved Ukrainian folk melody, came to represent the spirit of brotherhood and unity all over the world. The peaceful and neighbourly existence of three families, Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish, sharing a large house, musical evenings and merriment in the city of Stanislaviv in the years preceding and post war, is shattered. First in the Soviet occupation and the persecution of the Polish family, then, by the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, and the decimation of the Jewish family. Sacrificing their lives the Ukrainian family manage to save their neighbours' children and their own daughter. Death and loss come to these families, but the healing power and joy , and a promise that the Future Will Not be Cancelled which "Carol of the Bells' evokes will be everlasting.

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Directors
Olesya Morhunets
Production companies
AMA Vision, Stewopol, Mainstream Pictures LLC
Countries
Poland, Ukraine
Status
Released

Top Cast

Yana KoroliovaYana KoroliovaSofiia Ivaniuk
Andrii MostrenkoAndrii MostrenkoMykhailo Ivaniuk
Polina GromovaPolina GromovaYaroslava Ivaniuk
Joanna OpozdaJoanna OpozdaWanda Kalinowska
Mirosław HaniszewskiMirosław HaniszewskiWaclaw Kalinowski
Khrystyna UshytskaTeresa Kalinowska
Tomasz SobczakTomasz SobczakIsaac Herszkowicz
Alla BinieievaAlla BinieievaBerta Herszkowicz
Evgeniya SolodovnikDinah Herszkowicz
Timofey DmitrienkoTimofey DmitrienkoHeinrich Krampe
Jakob WalserWalter Krampe
Janina RudenskaJanina RudenskaIrma Krampe
Svitlana ShtankoSvitlana ShtankoMariia
Anastasia MateshkoAnastasia MateshkoYaroslava Ivaniuk (Adult)
Tetiana KrulikovskaTetiana KrulikovskaDinah Herszkowicz (Adult)
Andrii IsaienkoAndrii IsaienkoNKVD Officer 1
Volodymyr AbazopuloVolodymyr AbazopuloNKVD Officer 3
Oleksandr PolovetsOleksandr PolovetsSD Officer 1
Igor SalimonovIgor SalimonovSD Officer 2
Vadym KurylkoRobber 1

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