Film

The Way Home

202517mDocumentary History

Director: Stefan Bugryn
Year: 2025

After Stalin ordered the forced collectivization of all the farms in 1930s Ukraine, Maxim, a humble cucumber farmer, rebels. He is arrested by local authorities and shipped off to forced labor camps of SIberia. In a bid to survive and return to his family, he steals away in the dead of night and begins the 1,000km journey home.

Top cast

Ihor Dremin

Maxim (play reconstruction segments)

Natalia Hlevych

Young Halyna (play reconstruction segments)

Marharyta Burkovska

Halyna`s Mother (play reconstruction segments)

Directed by

Stefan Bugryn

Produced by

Stefan Bugryn, Steven Zelko