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On February 27, 2020, the 4th closed pre-premiere screening of the documentary “The Knight of the aristocracy of the spirit” about Oleksiy Pavlovich Kuzhelny, the 1975 graduate of the National transport University (hereinafter-NTU), took place in the University small hall.
Frame from the movie. Oleksiy is a responsible student and an activist of musical and artistic events.
Frame from the movie. Oleksiy is a serious student and in the role of Ivanushka the fool in the play “The Frog Princess”.
The Director said before the start of the film that NTU is also an important place for him in his scientific biography and personal life. Therefore, he ventured to show a modified working version of the film shown at the Museum of theater, music and cinema of Ukraine on November 28, 2019. The film lasted 95 minutes and was well received by the audience.
Short about the film: it was created by the Director and screenwriter Alexander Pankov-Morokhovets with the financial support of the patron Vladimir Spivakovsky and material and technical assistance of the “First National School of Television”; the cinematographer is Viktor Khan; the cameramen are young people, graduates of this school: David Kravchuta and Andrey Fedus.
This is the first thorough scientific and artistic work of the Director. In it, he talentedly researched and recreated, operating with valuable and even unique historical photos and videos, memoirs of experts, friends, scientists and art workers, the formation of an outstanding personality, the creative and life path of the hero of our time, O. P. Kuzhelny.
This is a narrative-chronicle of his studies and creative steps in CADI, his first job in the specialty first in the State Road Research Institute, and then training and obtaining the profession of a theater Director, and working after changing his profession in various theaters in Ukraine.
Frame from the movie. Oleksiy (first from the left) is in his element and the creative team is on the waves of music that sounds in the CADI.
This is a story about interesting performances staged by Oleksiy Pavlovich in the engagement theatre “Constellation” and beyond.
Some of them are iconic: “Garden of divine songs” by V. Shevchuk according to G. Skovoroda; “Hungarian Medea” by A. Göncz; “Audience” by V. Havel; “Radiation of fatherhood” by K. Wojtyla; “from Nowhere with love” according to J. Brodsky, A. Galich, A. Vertinsky; “A Beautiful beast in the heart” by M. Vingranovsky, etc.
This is also a story about brilliant theater festivals, numerous concerts, holiday shows and events, theatrical performances and the like on various stages of Kiev, dedicated to outstanding events in the life of Ukraine and its capital, as well as its relationship with Directors and outstanding actors and creative youth.
Frame from the movie. Creative team with performances in the Kyiv region and on tours outside the region.
The volume of material from the life of the hero covered in the smallest details and particulars is amazing: from the origins to the present day.
The film is significant, interesting, and thorough. We are waiting for its final completion and release to the screens for wide viewing.
We also wish to the Director a successful and inspired work on the second part of this film.
Author: Valentina GURNYAK
