It would seem he really did exist; Ivan Firtsak from the Ukraine, the strongest man in the world, who could lift cars and bend iron. This biopic is just as magical as the nickname given to him by locals, Ivan Syla. This playful, endearing work narrates the tale of how a sweet-natured farmer's son became an international circus legend, in the process of which the viewer is taken on a colourful, adventurous voyage from Prague, via Paris, to the North America of the nineteen-thirties. IVAN SYLA is a light-hearted family film full of slapstick humour and intermittent moments of finely crafted animation. Hollymood, made in the Ukraine.
DCP | Farbe / colour
Victor Andrienko, Igor Pismennii, Alexandr Havrosh
Alexandr Krishtalovich
Igor Stecyuk
Anatolii Pidoprigora
Igor Stecyuk
Dmitro Haladji, Victor Andrienko, Igor Pismennii, Olga Sumska, Vasil Virastyuk
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Victor Andrienko - – born 1959 in Zaporizha, Ukraine. After graduating from the Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre in Kiev he worked as a stuntman, dubbing actor and actor. Since the nineties he has also worked as a scriptwriter and director of popular TV series and sitcoms. IVAN SYLA is his debut feature film.