Love Berry Diplomatic Pouch Zvenigora

A trio of silents showcasing Dovzhenko's lyrical vision of Soviet life.

Dovzhenko's first film, Love Berry , a slapstick satire about an illegitimate offspring (a "love berry") remarkable in its ultrapermissive sexual politics. (1926, 30 mins.)

Diplomatic Pouch is an amusing international spy thriller involving villainous British diplomats scheming against their virtuous Soviet counterparts. (1927, 60 mins.)

Dovzhenko referred to Zvenigora as his "Party membership card," but it's an almost religious epic, distilling a millennium of Ukrainian history and folklore. The Village Voice called it "a masterpiece of magic realism made well before the term was invented." (1927, 65 mins.)

Landscapes of the Soul: The Cinema of Alexander Dovzhenko is a presentation of The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Seagull Films in collaboration with the Ukrainian National Center of Alexander Dovzhenko and Ministry of Arts and Culture of Ukraine. Generous support was provided by George Gund III, Iara Lee, and Air Ukraine. Special thanks to The Consulate General of Ukraine in New York.