OFFA is pleased to present three feature films from Ukraine with all ticket proceeds going to relief efforts in the current humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Your ticket to Ivan the Powerful also includes the Ukrainian short Clue and Ukrainian-Canadian short My Baba's Kitchen.
Ivan the Powerful tells the outstanding life story of Ivan Firtsak who was born in June 1899 in a Ukrainian village Bilky, Irshava district in Zakarpattia Oblast. At 18 he became a performer with a Czechoslovak circus and traveled to 64 countries of the world, astonishing everybody with his victories. He was a weightlifting champion of Czechoslovakia and a bodybuilding champion of Europe. He earned the nickname Strong Ivan Croton for his incredible strength. Ivan Firtsak won a great number of single combats with famous wrestlers of the world. From hands of the Queen of England he received a helmet and a belt decorated with gold and diamonds. The American press called him the strongest man of the XX century. In 1937, in the prime of his fame, he returned to his homeland.
- Year2013
- Runtime89 minutes
- LanguageUkrainian
- CountryUkraine
- DirectorViktor Andrienko, Igor Pismennyy
- ScreenwriterIgor Pismennyy, Viktor Andrienko
- ProducerVolodymyr Filippov, Alla Ovsyannikova, Andriy Suyarko
- CastDmytro Khaladgi, Ivanna Sakhno, Vasyl Virastyuk, Viktor Andrienko
- CinematographerOleksandr Kryshtalovych
- EditorMark Hammond, Viktor Malyarenko
- Production DesignIgor Filippov
- MusicIgor Stetsyuk
OFFA is pleased to present three feature films from Ukraine with all ticket proceeds going to relief efforts in the current humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. Your ticket to Ivan the Powerful also includes the Ukrainian short Clue and Ukrainian-Canadian short My Baba's Kitchen.
Ivan the Powerful tells the outstanding life story of Ivan Firtsak who was born in June 1899 in a Ukrainian village Bilky, Irshava district in Zakarpattia Oblast. At 18 he became a performer with a Czechoslovak circus and traveled to 64 countries of the world, astonishing everybody with his victories. He was a weightlifting champion of Czechoslovakia and a bodybuilding champion of Europe. He earned the nickname Strong Ivan Croton for his incredible strength. Ivan Firtsak won a great number of single combats with famous wrestlers of the world. From hands of the Queen of England he received a helmet and a belt decorated with gold and diamonds. The American press called him the strongest man of the XX century. In 1937, in the prime of his fame, he returned to his homeland.
- Year2013
- Runtime89 minutes
- LanguageUkrainian
- CountryUkraine
- DirectorViktor Andrienko, Igor Pismennyy
- ScreenwriterIgor Pismennyy, Viktor Andrienko
- ProducerVolodymyr Filippov, Alla Ovsyannikova, Andriy Suyarko
- CastDmytro Khaladgi, Ivanna Sakhno, Vasyl Virastyuk, Viktor Andrienko
- CinematographerOleksandr Kryshtalovych
- EditorMark Hammond, Viktor Malyarenko
- Production DesignIgor Filippov
- MusicIgor Stetsyuk