Pavlo Hlazovyi

The Adventures of Pepper

The forest is a home to many animals, and they each have their own worries. Thus, a bear has to look after an apiary to collect honey, a bunny likes to dance, frogs and fish swim in the pond. Suddenly the idyll gets broken because of the poisoned water, which can cause death to the river inhabitants. One of the fishes calls the editorial office with the hope that she would not get a refusal to help...

The First Lad

A gem from Paradjanov's early oeuvre is a musical agitation film or a romantic comedy, made by the young director under the guidance of Alexander Dovzhenko and set in the immense fields of the collectivised Ukraine. The social realism is replaced by colourful, convivial and dancing shots of the “Pabieda” (Victory) kolkhoz, where peasant women sing in the fields, and boys march with banners glorifying revolution. Against this backdrop, intense romantic feelings have reached a climactic stage; tailor Sidor Sidorovich, farmer Jushka and soldier Danila Petrovich all dote on the fair-haired Odarka. It is Jushka and Danila who engage in overt hostility; the initial “gentlemen’s” contest turns into an outright confrontation, resulting in miserable Jushka being increasingly more desperate and scorned by the villagers.

Shtepsel Arranges The Marriage Of Tarapunka

Funny adventures of two frontline friends who succeeded on the stage and found happiness in their private lives. During the war Tarapunka met Halya. He told his only friend Shtepsel about his love for a sweet girl with a rare surname Sumatokha. But he could not get along with Halya because of his timidity. The war ended, and Halya arrived in Kyiv. Tarapunka meets her again, but now he is hindered by accident. Then Shtepsel undertakes to arrange the marriage of his friend...