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Donbass

Donbass

20186.82h 2m

Overview

In the historic Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, despite the cruel war that has been raging since 2014 between the self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the Ukrainian government, people try to survive in the rotten heart of chaos, where violence disguises itself as peace, propaganda becomes univocal truth and hatred reigns in the name of love.

Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Written by Sergei Loznitsa
Produced by Heino Deckert
Box OfficeBudget: $2.6M0

Top Cast

Tamara Yatsenko

Tamara Yatsenko

Plump-faced Woman

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Iryna Zayarmiuk

Creature

Hryhoriy Masliuk

Hryhoriy Masliuk

Town Mayor

Olesia Zhurakivska

Olesia Zhurakivska

Girl with Bucket

Liudmyla Smorodina

Liudmyla Smorodina

Woman in Blue

Boris Kamorzin

Boris Kamorzin

Mikhalych

Mikhail Voloshin

Mikhail Voloshin

Man in Cap

Yevhen Chepurniak

Yevhen Chepurniak

Head Physician

Ihor Kyrylchatenko

Ihor Kyrylchatenko

First Ukrainian Soldier

Vladyslav Simanko

Vladyslav Simanko

First Guy on the Bus

Themes & Keywords

black humorbased on true storysocial satirerussian occupationdonbass war2010s

About Donbass

Donbass is a drama, war film released in 2018 exploring themes of black humor, based on true story, social satire, russian occupation, donbass war, 2010s. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa, it stars Tamara Yatsenko, Iryna Zayarmiuk, Hryhoriy Masliuk. In the historic Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, despite the cruel war that has been raging since 2014 between the self-proclaimed People's Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk and the Ukrainian government, people try to survive in the rotten heart of chaos, where violence disguises itself as peace, propaganda becomes univocal truth and hatred reigns in the name of love.

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