🎬 Our film about Virsky has grown by one more day.
But this was more than just another filming day.
It was a meeting that will stay with us far longer than the footage itself — a meeting with Volodymyr Tymoshenko, a performer of the legendary Virsky Ensemble. A return to a life that is almost gone.
✨ The 1960s. A time when the ensemble lived as a single organism — with extraordinary discipline, inner strength, and absolute devotion to the stage.
✨ The 1970s. Virsky’s final years — and the first years after him.
Stories about tours, life behind the scenes, and what turned this vast group of people into a true family.
At some point, the feeling that you are making a film disappears.
You simply listen.
And you realize that in front of you is not just a witness, but a living part of that era.
📽️ We are also sharing a few still frames from archival footage I found last autumn in the Kyiv archives.
One especially moving moment: a meeting at the train station after a tour — Virsky standing nearby, and Volodymyr being welcomed by his wife and his little daughter Yulia.
A moment that holds everything: the road, the stage, and the life waiting at home. ❤️
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