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  • Why am I Alive (2021)
  • 16+
    120 min | Drama
Why am I Alive (2021)
16+
120 min | Drama

The year is 1940, a year before Nazi Germany attacks Communist Russia. The place is Azov Sea-bound small Ukrainian town of Mariupol. Seventeen-year-old Ukrainian girl Frosya and Jewish-Ukrainian boy Lionchyk fall in love with each other: ...See moreThe year is 1940, a year before Nazi Germany attacks Communist Russia. The place is Azov Sea-bound small Ukrainian town of Mariupol. Seventeen-year-old Ukrainian girl Frosya and Jewish-Ukrainian boy Lionchyk fall in love with each other: they dream of getting married and starting a family. But Frosya follows Christianity, while Lyonchyk follows Judaism, and it is very difficult for the girl's father, Oleksiy, to agree to betroth her to a non-Christian. Oleksiy is a good man, but a staunch Christian believer. How can he give up his religious beliefs and let a non-believer into his family? But things quickly change when Frosya gets pregnant and the World War II reaches Mariupol. Written by Odesa Film Studio See less
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Director
Writer
Composer
Volodymyr Gronsky (as Volodymyr Hronskyi)
Cinematographer
Danyl Dedkov (as Danil Dedkov)
Casting Director
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Release date
Jun 11, 2024 (United States)

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19 cast members
Name Known for
Maksym Horay
Zhenka Zhenka   See fewer
Artem Vilbek
Ovsiy (as Artem Vilbik) Ovsiy (as Artem Vilbik)   See fewer
Irina Melnik
Grandma Hanya (as Iryna Melnyk) Grandma Hanya (as Iryna Melnyk)   See fewer
Olga Radchuk
Basya (as Olha Radchuk) Basya (as Olha Radchuk)   See fewer
Roland Mishko
Lyonchyk Lyonchyk   See fewer
Aleksey Gorbunov
Honcharov Honcharov   See fewer
Elena Bondareva-Repina
Honcharykha (as Olena Ryepina) Honcharykha (as Olena Ryepina)   See fewer
Vladimir Minyailo
Ivan (as Volodymyr Miniailo) Ivan (as Volodymyr Miniailo)   See fewer
German Alimov
Military Military   See fewer
Aleksandr Onufriev
NKVDist 1 (as Oleksandr Onufriyev) NKVDist 1 (as Oleksandr Onufriyev)   See fewer
Artem Muzychenko
NKVDist 2 NKVDist 2   See fewer
Volodymyr Beliayev
Chief police officer Chief police officer   See fewer
Dmytro Bilyi
Policeman Policeman   See fewer
Yakov Gopp
Photographer Photographer   See fewer
Anatoliy Paduka
Toothless old man Toothless old man   See fewer
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