Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die

Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die
Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die
	Film poster
Directed by	Akhtem Seitablayev
Written by	Natalya Vorozhbyt
Produced by	Ivanna Dadyura
Starring	Makar Tyhomyrov; Andriy Isayenko; Viktor Zhdanov; Roman Yasinkovsky;
Cinematography	Yuriy Korol
Production; company	Idas Film
Distributed by	UFD
Release date	7 December 2017;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Ukraine
Languages	Ukrainian, Russian
Budget	$1,800,000

Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (Ukrainian: Кiборги: Герої не вмирають) is a 2017 Ukrainian war drama film about the Second Battle of Donetsk Airport during the war in Donbas.

Production and release[]

Half of the film's US$1.8 million budget was financed by the Ukrainian government, and significant help was provided by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence and the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.^[1]

The first official teaser trailer for the movie was released on 15 August 2017.^[2]

It was released on 7 December 2017^[1] which was symbolically planned for the third anniversary of the fall of the old Donetsk airport terminal.^[3]

Parts of the movie were shot in the closed Chernihiv Shestovytsia Airport.^[4]

Plot[]

The film depicts the wartime lives of five Ukrainian brothers in arms fighting for control of Donetsk International Airport.^[1] The five men represent various social strata, professions, and beliefs for which they are willing to kill and prepared to die.^[1]

Cast[]

Reactions[]

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty commented on the movie: While clearly meant to drum up support for the war effort, Cyborgs isn't entirely propagandistic, containing more nuanced scenes than one might expect, and Russian is spoken nearly as much as Ukrainian throughout the film.^[1]