Dovbush (2023) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2023 · 120 mins · Ukrainian

Directed by

Oles Sanin

Starring

Agata Buzek, Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Serhiy Strelnykov, Ivan Zhyrun, Petro Zhyrun, Darya Plakhtiy

Budget

$4.7M

Set in eighteenth-century Carpathian mountains, the film follows the Dovbush brothers who become opryshkos, or mountain outlaws, during a period of foreign rule. As the brothers become rivals—one motivated by wealth and the other, Oleksa, dedicated to his people—the region erupts in uprisings. The aristocracy seeks to eliminate Dovbush and shatter his growing legend, but he repeatedly evades them. To defeat the seemingly invincible outlaw, the desperate lords target his love for Marichka, a childhood sweetheart, in a treacherous plot.