Zakhar Berkut

About Zakhar Berkut

This film is based on the classic novel of the same name by writer Ivan Franko, one of the most famous figures of Ukrainian literature. It is set during the 1200s and the invasion of the medieval Ukrainian-Russian state of Rus' by Chengis Khan's Golden Horde.

Leonid Osyka's Zakhar Berkut is a 1972 history film.

Vasyl Symchych stars as Zakhar Berkut, Ivan Havryliuk as Maxim, Antonina Leftiy as Myroslava, and Kostiantyn Stepankov as Tugar Vovk. Released in April 1972, it runs 93 minutes.

The screenplay is by Dmytro Pavlychko.