Neptune's Trident

UNR Navy Day

In the turmoil of the First World War, the Russian Empire perished. After the 1917 revolution, five great powers—England, France, Soviet Russia, Germany, and Austria-Hungary—began competing for control of the Black Sea battleships.
In Sevastopol, the Ukrainian community emerged from underground. A massive gathering of sailors and soldiers unafraid to call themselves Ukrainians surprised many. By spring 1917, the influence of the Ukrainian community in Sevastopol had become decisive. This film tells the story of Ukrainians’ struggle to create their own navy.

April 29 became the Day of the Navy of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. On this day in 1918, the Black Sea Fleet raised the Ukrainian flag. How our sailors achieved this is shown in the documentary film “Trident of Neptune.”

Work on the film began in mid-2009 and was completed by mid-2010.

The film received a special award at the Kinolev 2010 festival.

Documentary film, 2010, 18 minutes
Author and director: Ivan Kanivets
Narrator: People’s Artist of Ukraine Bohdan Benyuk
Sound engineer: Andriy Parkhomenko
Cinematographer: Vlad Surnin

Presentation of the documentary film "Neptune's Trident"

The presentation of the documentary film Neptune's Trident took place on September 26, 2010, at the Astronomical Observatory of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

On October 16, 2010, a presentation was held in Sevastopol.

Downloads of the film "Neptune's Trident"

You can download Ukrainian version of Neptune's Trident in one file.

Download “Trident of Neptune” as one AVI file with English subtitles.

The anthem of Ukraine from the film "Neptune's Trident"”
Sound Director and Arranger Andriy Parkhomenko

Infographic for the Day of the Ukrainian Sea.

Posters for the film:

You can download other posters dedicated to the military units of the First Liberation Movement here.

Знімальна група

The following people worked on the film Neptune's Trident:

narrated by People's Artist of Ukraine Bohdan Beniuk

by author and director Ivan Kanivets

sound and music by Andriy Parkhomenko

The anthem is performed by Olena Goncharova

Consultants
Captain First Rank, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities of the Nakhimov Naval Academy Andriy Lubenets
Igor Gritsenko

Huge gratitude for the help
Anatolii Kanivets
Volodymyr Kashtanov

Work on the film began in mid-2009 and was completed in mid-2010.

The film received a special award at the Kinolev 2010 festival.