Downpour (1929)

The lost film about the peasant rebellion of the 18th century in Ukraine, led by Maksym Zalizniak and Ivan Honta. The history of the haydamak movement became a trigger for authors to have experiments in the field of film language: shooting against the background of black velvet, focus on the static character of the picture, the sculptural nature of composition mise-en-scène solutions, replacement of dramatic collisions with cinema engravings depicting the historical past.

• Release Date: 1929-04-18
• Runtime: 1h 36min
• Production Company: VUFKU
• Production Country: Soviet Union
• Director: Ivan Kavaleridze