Winter of The Braves (Крути 1918)

Ministry of culture of Ukraine

Supported by Ukrainian state film agency

Radio partner of the film Nashe radio Always listening to it

Production

Film by Oleksii Shapariev

Ukraine, 2018 Kruty Heroes Memorial

Andrii Fedinchyk, Yevhen Lamakh Nadiia Koverska

Vitalii Salii Oleksii Trytenko

Tomasz Sobczak, Volodymyr Filatov Oleksandr Abaiev

Oleksandr Piskunov, Maksym Donets Oleksandr Oleksenko, Dmyro Oliynyk

Bohdan Yusypchuk Dmytro Stupka, Ostap Stupka

Oleksii Smolka, Roman Yasinovskyi Vladlen Pupkov

Serhii Dzialyk, Vladyslav Nykytiuk Pavlo Aldoshyn

Nataliia Vasko, Marichka Shaparieva Yevhen Nishchuk

Ukraine in 1917 For the first time during three centuries,

after the collapse of the Russian Empire, the Ukrainians

got the chance to restore their independence.

The world community was ready to recognize the Ukrainian People's Republic.

But a cruel and insidious enemy was standing in the path to independence.

Under the order of Lenin, Ukraine was occupied town

after town by Russian troops headed by Muravyov.

Ukraine was preparing to defend the capital - Kyiv.

Savytskyi!

You have one minute left.

Oh, Savytskyi

With your power, your will, your word, the Ukrainian People's

Republic became free on its land. However, these are

hard times when the freedom of Ukraine has been revived.

Factories do not produce goods. Plants are stopping. There

will be famine. The gangs of thieves and outlaws proliferate

in the region. Meanwhile, in order to win over the

free Ukrainian Republic under its rule, the Petrograd

Government of People's Commissars declared war on Ukraine.

Please, excuse me.

Sorry.

Hello, guys!

Hello.

Hello.

Hi.

Where have you been?

And where is everybody?

What is it?

Quiet! Let's listen.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

We call for all citizens of the independent Ukrainian People's

Republic to stand and guard the acquired will and rights of our people

and to defend our destiny from all the enemies of the farmers' and

workers' independe nt Ukrainian Republic with all available forces.

When I look at all of you here, I recognize and remember not only

the name and the face of those people with whom I was lucky

to start work and struggle for the freedom of Ukraine.

With the difficult situation in which the Ukrainian army is at this moment,

perhaps, someone may think that this is time to tell us something

like that: "My dear friend, do not waste time and effort,

come down to earth!" There is no bigger mistake if someone of us thinks so.

Did we managed to do something for Ukraine in our struggle?

Four weeks before the main events

The headquarters of General Foch, Paris, France

Dear Paul, Lenin is showing its strength now

he seizes and establishes power where Bolsheviks are supported by people.

But he is also afraid to disclose how he has gained power

in Russia with the help of Germany.

If this envelope falls into the hands of Trotsky, there will

be a split and separation of powers in the Bolshevik Party.

The internal struggle will divert the Bolsheviks' attention from Ukraine.

Give the envelope to General Savytskyi.

Paul, be careful.

We have information that some major German agent is operating in Ukraine

In Odessa port, you will meet Oleksa Savytskyi,

a young brunette of the age of thirty, in a suit.

He has a thin black mustache.

He will ask you to give him a light.

Send this to Berg urgently!

Take a blue envelope from a French man.

Our struggle in the history of the Ukrainian people will be written in golden letters.

Enough! Let them go to negotiations with the Soviets! We will not go to war!

Right! There is already too much blood!

Lenin promises the land and plants to everyone!

It is better for us to stay at home!

Then go to your Lenin!

Let's do our military job with the forces we have.

I know that tiredness and misery undermine the army, its spirit and will.

Trotsky's Agents... I'll kill them!

Dear fellow... You can't do this.

You cannot behave with the people in this way,

you should act in a more democratic, loyal way.

If we give ourselves an oath here that we will continue to fight

stubbornly for the freedom of the Ukrainian people, then we will win.

Who goes with us to the front – come to the platform!!

I'm sorry, let me through.

Sign us up!

Students: Andrii Savytskyi, Volodymyr Zasukha, Valerii Hoida.

Guys, do not rush, one by one.

Name, surname, then the faculty and where you are from.

Do you understand? I do not hear!

Yes!

Valerii Hoida

Faculty of Law

Poltava

Sign here

Volodymyr Zasukha, Faculty of Medicine. I'm good with a sabre.

Valerik told me that Petliura had personally invited him to secret service.

From Chernihiv

Next!

Name?

Gregory Pipskyi

Andrii!

I sing in the choir, in the St. Cyril's Church.

And what about you?

What, what ... I'm a pacifist.

But not now

Always

I'm a cartographer, you are a lawyer, you are a doctor! We are peaceful people.

Face the inevitable with dignity

I will not argue with Seneca.

But all my life I have been arguing with the service men – father and brother.

So thank you, guys. No.

Next!

Andrii!

Sofia!

Hello.

Hi! Are you here too?

Well, where should I be if not on Sofiivska Square?

With such events, in such times.

You better tell me why you did not come to visit my mother and me on Saturday?

I really wanted to come, but I had to prepare for a test. I passed it only today.

Sofia!

Hi, Oleksa!

How is your hand?

Thank you, much better. Hello brother.

Hi

And you are becoming more and more beautiful every day.

By the way, thank you for the ball, it helps

me very much to restore the hand functions.

Please

So, lad, did you enlist as a volunteer?

The war is not for me. I've told you.

You are as hard as a rock! You refuse point-blank!

Guys, let's go to Bilenkyi

But he can't, the father is waiting for him at home.

Hi, Mr. Bilenkyi

Good afternoon.

What's good about it?

And where is Marian or Stepan?

I have fired them.

There is no work. Such times have come.

No customers, the market does not work. There is neither cocoa nor cinnamon.

You even can't buy flour!

My mother was right when told me I should go abroad to Solomon.

But I did not listen to her, stayed here. Oh, mama!

Have you chosen anything?

What do you think? Which is tastier?

Well, there is nothing to think about.

This one is with cocoa, and that one is with lemon.

They are different. Take both.

I wish it was so easy to choose in life. I’ll take one with lemon.

Only one?

One.

And two coffees, please.

Okay. At least one coffee. And what to coffee?

Your father was the most eloquent today.

It seemed that it was Hrushevsky not him who spoke.

But all the attention was focused on his new mustache.

Although I thought men are not wearing it for a long time.

Sofia, my sweet little Sofia.

I have wanted to talk to you long before.

Here is your coffee

Thank you.

Sugar.

Coffee a la Vienne. How I like.

I'll tell you frankly. I feel that...

With lemon. Please. And...

I feel. No, I know - changes are waiting for us.

Here it is.

So I'm sure that we should always be close to each other whatever happens.

This is a complete tuches. I'm closing

Barracks of student's hut

Stand up!

Hurry up!

Sir Commander, the soldiers of the students unit are lined up.

Hapless warriors.

Here we have no moms, nannies and aunts!

It’s the army!

Does everyone understand this?

A week...

You have only a week to learn how to shoot and use this skillfully!

From that moment, all your life depends only on you, your skills, and discipline.

And who already knows?

Who said this?

Step forward!

Come on

Show me, Cossack

Well done!

True Dzhigit.

What's so funny, mister student?

Nothing.

Step forward

And what is mister's name?