Anatol Stepanenko - Presentation of the film: "The Watchmaker and the Chicken"

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Anatol Stepanenko
Presentation of the film: “The Watchmaker and the Chicken”
Introductory prologue to the film by Anatoly Stepanenko,
March 28, 2023, Double room, Hotel Intourist-Zakarpattia

“The Watchmaker and the Chicken” is a Ukrainian Soviet two-part television drama film of 1989, directed by Anatoly Stepanenko based on the play of the same name by playwright Ivan Kocherga
The authors of the scenario are Valentyn Yezhov and Nataliya Hotevtseva
Anatolii Stepanenko, director-producer
Starring Yarvet Yuri
Film studio O.Dovzhenko

“Masters of Time”, or “The Clockmaker and the Chicken” from 1931, a play by the Ukrainian playwright Ivan Kocherha. The plot is about a chance meeting of completely different people at the railway yard, their meeting is repeated after 7 years, and then again after 7 years.

For a long time, I. Kocherga’s play “Masters of Time” was on the shelf of the Soviet censor.
In the introductory prologue to the 1989 film “The Watchmaker and the Chicken”, the audience will have the opportunity to hear Anatoly Stepanenko’s memories of how the filming and recording of the film took place directly on and off the set. Strict and intense work schedule of the film crew, censoring of shots, premiere, etc.

Image in the post: screens from the 1989 movie “The Clockwork and the Chicken”

Photo credit Petro Ryaska