Donbass (2018) on Netflix
In eastern Ukraine, war sets self-proclaimed republics against the Ukrainian government. A reporter from Germany and a Ukrainian cameraman meet soldiers who wear no insignia.
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- Netflix3.9/5
- IMDb6.6/105,286 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes88%
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Plot summary
A chain of episodes passes through the occupied territories in eastern Ukraine, one character handing the next episode its lead. The material comes from reporters' accounts, from amateur video posted online and from what people living there recall. In one episode a reporter from Germany and a cameraman from Ukraine sit with soldiers whose uniforms carry no insignia and who claim to be local militia. Another episode follows a formal ceremony at a registry office, where two militia members are married. The war that began in 2014 continues between the Ukrainian government and the self-proclaimed republics in Donetsk and Luhansk, leaving people in the region to get by as best they can.
Cast
- Iryna Zayarmiukas Creature
- Olesya Zhurakivskaas Girl with bucket
- Lyudmila Smorodinaas Woman in blue
- Vladislav Simankoas First guy on the bus
- Alexei Beldeias Second guy on the bus
- Elena Khizhnayaas Bandersha
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Donbass (2018)
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- The film's episodes are reconstructions of real events taken from professional reports, amateur YouTube videos and the memories of local residents. One scene, in which a German journalist and a Ukrainian cameraman meet Russian soldiers with no insignia pretending to be Donetsk militia, came to director Sergei Loznitsa from documentary filmmaker Oleksandr Techynskyi, who plays himself in the film.
- The lynching of a captured Ukrainian volunteer by residents of the occupied territories, staged in the film, actually took place in the town of Zugres.
- The scene of a solemn ceremony at the Novorossiysk registry office recreates the real wedding of two militia members nicknamed Kukla and BMW.
