''The Undefeated'' ( ua, Нескорений, ''Neskorenyi'') is a 2000 Ukrainian film by Oles Yanchuk, a producer and director previously praised by ''

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'' and ''Time'' magazine for his 1991 film '' Famine-33''.

Plot

In 1950, long after

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has ended, a fight continues behind the newly drawn Iron Curtain: as the Ukrainians keep fighting Soviet forces, General

Roman Shukhevych Roman-Taras Yosypovych Shukhevych ( uk, Рома́н-Тарас Йо́сипович Шухе́вич, also known by his pseudonym, Tur and Taras Chuprynka; 30 June 1907 – 5 March 1950), was a Ukrainian nationalist, one of the commanders of N ...

( Hryhoriy Hladiy) is forced by brutal circumstances to lead a

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as part of the

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(UPA). The film explores Shukhevych, both as a military leader and a family man. In the end, Shukhevych was unable to defeat the Soviet forces and was killed in a targeted assassination by the MGB, but the UPA re-enforce

Ukrainian nationalism Ukrainian nationalism refers to the promotion of the unity of Ukrainians as a people and it also refers to the promotion of the identity of Ukraine as a nation state. The nation building that arose as nationalism grew following the French Revol ...

as an underground force until the end of the Cold War.

Cast

* Hryhoriy Hladiy — ''

'' * Victoria Malektorovych — '' Halyna Dydyk'' *

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— ''Soloviov'' *

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— ''

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major'' *

Svitlana Vatamaniuk Svitlana (Ukrainian: Світлана from Russian:Светлана) is a Ukrainian dialect female given name and may refer to: * Svitlana Akhadova (born 1993), Ukrainian canoeist * Svitlana Azarova (born 1976), Ukrainian/Dutch composer of contemp ...

— ''Natalka Shukhevych'' *

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— ''Yosyp Shukhevych'' *

Volodymyr Horianskyi Volodymyr ( uk, Володи́мир, Volodýmyr, , orv, Володимѣръ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣръ ...

— ''agent Pashkevych'' *

Yaroslav Muka Yaroslav () is a Slavic given name. Its variant spelling is Jaroslav and Iaroslav, and its feminine form is Yaroslava. The surname derived from the name is Yaroslavsky and its variants. All may refer to: Historical figures * Yaroslav I the Wise ( ...

— ''

Stepan Bandera Stepan Andriyovych Bandera ( uk, Степа́н Андрі́йович Банде́ра, Stepán Andríyovych Bandéra, ; pl, Stepan Andrijowycz Bandera; 1 January 1909 – 15 October 1959) was a Ukrainian far-right leader of the radical, terr ...

'' and others

Production notes

''The Undefeated'' was filmed at the "Studio Oles-film" with the monetary assistance from the

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(UCCA), with the National Cinema Studio of feature films named after O. Dovzhenko. The film's chief advisor was

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specialist Askold Lozynsky. It was filmed on location in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, and such remarkable cities of Ukraine as

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrati ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

and

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

External links

* 2000 films Cold War films Cultural depictions of Stepan Bandera Films set in Ukraine Ukrainian war drama films Ukrainian-language films {{Ukraine-film-stub