Elijah X: Taras Bulba

"Fatherland is something that soul is looking for, that dearer to her entire.."

Taras Bulba (alternative title Zaporizhian Sich) is a historical drama film, based on the novel of the same title by Nikolai Gogol. The movie has been filmed in different locations in Ukraine such as Zaporizhia, Khotyn and Kamianets-Podilskyi as well as in Poland. The release date is the April 2, 2009, to coinciding with Gogol’s bicentennial.

This is the most interesting feature film project in which I have taken part.

As far back as i was a pupil in the Theoretic Lyceum i carefully studied the literary works of Gogol. In those days, he impressed me a kind of mysticism and vividness of images.
Taras Bulba — one of the greatest novel -- is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to --defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.

Here i present a few shots i worked on. My duties included adding the people on the background, adding the blood in fight scenes, some clean up works and other...

Cossacks ride over the Ukraina
Cossacks rush into the battle furiosly.

Andrew is beating against the Cossacks
The most tragic and contradictory scene, where Andrii betrayed cossacks in the name of polish princess. The shot shows him side by side with the Poles fighting against the cossacks.