Carol of the Bells

Plot

Immortalised as one of the most scintillating and uplifting Christmas songs, 'Carol of the Bells' adapted from a popular and loved Ukrainian folk melody, came to represent the spirit of brotherhood and unity all over the world. The peaceful and neighbourly existence of three families, Polish, Ukrainian and Jewish, sharing a large house, musical evenings and merriment in the city of Stanislaviv in the years preceding and post war, is shattered. First in the Soviet occupation and the persecution of the Polish family, then, by the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, and the decimation of the Jewish family. Sacrificing their lives the Ukrainian family manage to save their neighbours' children and their own daughter. Death and loss come to these families, but the healing power and joy , and a promise that the Future Will Not be Cancelled which "Carol of the Bells' evokes will be everlasting.

Genres

Drama, History

Year

2023

Runtime

122 min

Director

Olesya Morhunets

Cast

Yana Koroliova, Andrii Mostrenko, Polina Gromova, Joanna Opozda, Mirosław Haniszewski, Khrystyna Ushytska, Tomasz Sobczak, Alla Binieieva, Evgeniya Solodovnik, Timofey Dmitrienko

TMDB rating

7.6 / 10

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