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Slovo House

2017·Documentary·1h 21m
7.1
Chain-smoking artists, poets and playwrights were among the colourful array of intellectuals living in the ‘Slovo House’ in 1920s Ukraine. The communist paradise was built under Stalin's approval, but it quickly became a prison. The brutal Soviet regime spied on the inhabitants, destroying their eccentric way of life and sealing their fate. This fascinating film explores the extraordinary story of the building and its residents.
Directed by Taras Tomenko
political repression
1930s
ukrainian culture
ukraine
soviet repression
ukrainian history
kharkiv (kharkov), ukraine

Cast

Slava Krasovska
Slava Krasovska
Natalia Uzhvii

Crew

Taras Tomenko
Taras Tomenko
Director
Taras Tomenko
Taras Tomenko
Writer
Liubov Yakymchuk
Liubov Yakymchuk
Writer
Maksym Desiateryk
Maksym Desiateryk
Editor
Denys Zakharov
Denys Zakharov
Editor
Yuliia Cherniavska
Yuliia Cherniavska
Producer
Alla Zahaikevych
Alla Zahaikevych
Music

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Slovo House
де серп і молот – там смерть і голод (english ⬇️)

Будинок «Слово», це ніби шрам на бетонному серці Харкова. Шрам, заліплений пластирами з утеплень для нових квартир заставлених сучасними меблями. Не уявляю як там можливо жити зараз, адже стіни, стелі й сходи певно досі наспівують про тих, чиї голоси совєти не змогли заглушити – бо вони гучніше за все, що росіяни писали, пишуть і (не)напишуть.
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Where there is a hammer and sickle, there is death and hunger

The Slovo house is like a scar on the concrete heart of Kharkiv. A scar covered with plasters from insulation for renovated apartments with modern furniture. I can't imagine how can one live there now, because the walls, ceilings and stairs are probably still singing about the voices that the soviets were unable to silence - because they are louder than anything that russians have ever written, are writing and (will not) write.
An incredible documentary.
де серп і молот – там смерть і голод (english ⬇️)

Будинок «Слово», це ніби шрам на бетонному серці Харкова. Шрам, заліплений пластирами з утеплень для нових квартир заставлених сучасними меблями. Не уявляю як там можливо жити зараз, адже стіни, стелі й сходи певно досі наспівують про тих, чиї голоси совєти не змогли заглушити – бо вони гучніше за все, що росіяни писали, пишуть і (не)напишуть.
Неймовірна документалка.

Where there is a hammer and sickle, there is death and hunger

The Slovo house is like a scar on the concrete heart of Kharkiv. A scar covered with plasters from insulation for renovated apartments with modern furniture. I can't imagine how can one live there now, because the walls, ceilings and stairs are probably still singing about the voices that the soviets were unable to silence - because they are louder than anything that russians have ever written, are writing and (will not) write.
An incredible documentary.
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