THE RAINBOW

Symposium

A Ucrainian village in the era of the German occupation. While her sister, the wife of a Soviet front officer, prostitutes herself as the lover of the German village commander, pregnant peasant woman Olena Kostjuk fights as a partisan. When she returns to the village to give birth to her child, the German village commander tries to get Olena to give away the partisan posts, employing endless psychological and physical tortures. But even this cannot break the resistance fighter’s will. When Soviet troops free the village, the returning husband avenges Olena’s sister’s betrayal.
Raduga / Der Regenbogen
UaSSR 1943 / 91 min
Director: Mark Donskoj
  • Screenplay: Vanda Vasilevskaja
  • Cinematographer: Boris Monastyrskij
  • Music: Lev Švarc
  • Cast: Natalija Užvij,Nina Alisova,Jelena Tjapkina,Valentina Ivašova,Anton Dunajskij,Hans Klering
  • Production Company: Kiew Filmstudio - Kiew
A Ucrainian village in the era of the German occupation. While her sister, the wife of a Soviet front officer, prostitutes herself as the lover of the German village commander, pregnant peasant woman Olena Kostjuk fights as a partisan. When she returns to the village to give birth to her child, the German village commander tries to get Olena to give away the partisan posts, employing endless psychological and physical tortures. But even this cannot break the resistance fighter’s will. When Soviet troops free the village, the returning husband avenges Olena’s sister’s betrayal.
  • Screenplay: Vanda Vasilevskaja
  • Cinematographer: Boris Monastyrskij
  • Music: Lev Švarc
  • Cast: Natalija Užvij,Nina Alisova,Jelena Tjapkina,Valentina Ivašova,Anton Dunajskij,Hans Klering
  • Production Company: Kiew Filmstudio - Kiew