OXYGEN STARVATION

Symposium

The Soviet army was one of those institutions which practiced "applied nationality politics", to bind together an empire. In Andriy Donchyk's equally grim and impressive film OXYGEN STARVATION – one of the first non-state-funded films made in independent Ukraine – this construct erodes. It is military service in practice that is portrayed here, a practice (already at the onset of the "wild '90s") literally akin to being overrun by an enemy horde – hazing and abuse of recruits are routine items on the daily agenda. In OXYGEN STARVATION, Ukrainian lance corporal Bilyk fights back – a struggle to breathe, how timely indeed!
SAUERSTOFFMANGEL
UKR 1991 / 92 min / OV + eng SUB
Language: Ukrainian
Director: Andriy Donchyk
Screenings
  • Murnau-Filmtheater Sa, 29.04. / 19:30 Uhr
  • Screenplay: Andrii Donchyk, Yuriy Andrukhovych
  • Cinematographer: Ihor Krupnov
  • Cast: Taras Denysenko, Oleh Maslennykov, Viktor Stepanov, Olexiy Horbunov, Alyexandr Myronov, Mukhamed Rakhimov, Volodymyr Stankevych
  • Producer: Andriy Donchyk, Marko Stekh
The Soviet army was one of those institutions which practiced "applied nationality politics", to bind together an empire. In Andriy Donchyk's equally grim and impressive film OXYGEN STARVATION – one of the first non-state-funded films made in independent Ukraine – this construct erodes. It is military service in practice that is portrayed here, a practice (already at the onset of the "wild '90s") literally akin to being overrun by an enemy horde – hazing and abuse of recruits are routine items on the daily agenda. In OXYGEN STARVATION, Ukrainian lance corporal Bilyk fights back – a struggle to breathe, how timely indeed!
  • Screenplay: Andrii Donchyk, Yuriy Andrukhovych
  • Cinematographer: Ihor Krupnov
  • Cast: Taras Denysenko, Oleh Maslennykov, Viktor Stepanov, Olexiy Horbunov, Alyexandr Myronov, Mukhamed Rakhimov, Volodymyr Stankevych
  • Producer: Andriy Donchyk, Marko Stekh