''Pisnia zavzhdy z namy'' ( uk, Пісня завжди з нами) is a 1975 Ukrainian
musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
, produced by
Viktor Storozhenko starring
Sofia Rotaru in the main role, as well as Ukrainian
Smerichka vocal-instrumental band. The movie features songs in
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
,
Romanian
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
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and
Russian of Sofia Rotaru filmed in the background of Ukrainian
Carpathian
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mountains.
Plot
Filmed by Ukrainian studio of television films, the musical film ''Pisnia zavzhdy z namy'' features six songs of
Volodymyr Ivasiuk
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivasyuk or Volodymyr Ivasiuk ( uk, Володи́мир Миха́йлович Івасю́к) (4 March 1949 – 24–27 April 1979) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet. He is the author and composer o ...
, written for
Sofia Rotaru. The young and beautiful singer starts a concert in a mountainous vacation resort music club in open air. This autobiographical scenario depicts true Ukrainian Moldavian origins of
Sofia Rotaru in the bucolic atmosphere of melodic Northern
Bukovina
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in Western Ukraine.
Production
The filming took place in the village Ploska in
Putyla Raion
Putyla Raion ( uk, Путильський район) was an administrative raion (district) in the southern part of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine, on the Romanian border. The raion was located in the historical region of Bukovina, and had ...
. The main theme of the movie is the exploration of the artistic laboratory of
Sofia Rotaru, who has always affirmed that her artistic path started from a stage in a village club.
Soundtrack
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,
Sofia Rotaru
,
Lyrics: Bogdan Stelmakh
Music: Volodymyr Ivasiuk
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivasyuk or Volodymyr Ivasiuk ( uk, Володи́мир Миха́йлович Івасю́к) (4 March 1949 – 24–27 April 1979) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet. He is the author and composer o ...
, 1975
, -
, 2
, "Swan Fidelity"
russian: Лебединая верность/Lebedinaya vernost
, Sofia Rotaru
,
Lyrics: Andrei Dementiev
Music: Yevgeniy Martynov
Yevgeniy Grigorievich Martynov (russian: link=no, Евге́ний Григо́рьевич Марты́нов; May 22, 1948 – September 3, 1990) was a Soviet pop singer and composer, the older brother of the composer .
Biography
Martynov was b ...
, 1975, 1991, 1996
, -
, 3
, "Song Will Be With Us"
uk, Пiсня буде помiж нас/Pisnia bude pomizh nas
, Sofia Rotaru
,
Lyrics: Volodymyr Ivasiuk
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivasyuk or Volodymyr Ivasiuk ( uk, Володи́мир Миха́йлович Івасю́к) (4 March 1949 – 24–27 April 1979) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet. He is the author and composer o ...
Music: Volodymyr Ivasiuk
Volodymyr Mykhailovych Ivasyuk or Volodymyr Ivasiuk ( uk, Володи́мир Миха́йлович Івасю́к) (4 March 1949 – 24–27 April 1979) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian songwriter, composer and poet. He is the author and composer o ...
, 1974, 1977, 1997
featuring the first modern back-stage dancing in the USSR
, -
, 4
, "My Late Love"
ro, Iubirea mea târzie
, Sofia Rotaru
,
Lyrics: Ion and Petru Teodorovici
Music: Efim Ciuntu
,
, -
, 5
, "Your Steps"
russian: Твои следы/Tvoi sledy
, Sofia Rotaru
,
Lyrics: Yevgeniy Evtushenko
Music: Arno Babadzhanyan
Arno Harutyunovich Babajanian ( hy, Առնո Բաբաջանյան; russian: Арно Арутюнович Бабаджанян; January 22, 1921 – November 11, 1983) was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist. He was made a People's Artist ...
, 1975
, -
, 6
, "Say That You Love"
uk, Скажи, що любиш/Skazhy, shcho liubysh
, Sofia Rotaru
,
Lyrics: Serguey Kocherga
Music: Nino Rota
, 1972, 1975
Sofia Rotaru was forbidden to record at
Ariola (today
Sony BMG Music Entertainment) the English cover of
The Godfather
''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, ...
's theme in English language by the Soviet concert administration in early 1970s as she was touring Germany.
, -
, 7
, "Memories"
russian: Воспоминание/Vospominanie
, Sofia Rotaru
,
Lyrics: Igor Kokhanovsky
Igor Vasilyevich Kokhanovsky (russian: Игорь Васильевич Кохано́вский, born 2 April 1937 in Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet, Russian bard, poet and lyricist whose songs recorded, among others, Anna German, Sofia Rotaru, Klavdiy ...
Music: Boris Rychkov
, 1974
Notes
External links
Filmography of Sofia Riotaru
1975 films
1975 in the Soviet Union
1970s musical films
Ukrainian-language films
Soviet-era Ukrainian films
Films set in Ukraine
Soviet musical films
Ukrainian musical films
1970s Soviet films
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