Story
Ukraine, 1636. A battalion of Cossacks transporting gold that belongs to the Polish king is attacked, and the valuable cargo disappears. Cossack Maksym Osa sets out to find the missing treasure, but the search soon turns against him: he becomes one of the main suspects.
The film pairs a historical setting with the tension of a detective thriller. The closer Osa gets to the vanished gold, the more precarious his own position becomes, so the hunt for the treasure is also a question of his credibility. He has to pursue the truth while others may already see him as part of the crime.
Overview
Maksym Osa: The Gold of Werewolf is a 2022 Ukrainian historical detective thriller directed by Miroslav Latyk. Set in the seventeenth century, it follows a Cossack looking for royal gold that has gone missing after an attack on a Cossack battalion.
The film blends crime investigation, historical drama and suspense. Its central mystery begins with a simple question about the lost gold, and it keeps the tension high by turning the investigator into a suspect himself.
Cast and Characters
The cast includes Bogdan Benyuk, Sergey Denga, Mikhail Ilyenko, Olga Makeeva and Vasily Kukharsky. The story is built around Maksym Osa, a Cossack whose attempt to recover the royal gold places him under suspicion.
The film was directed by Miroslav Latyk and produced in Ukraine. It is a good fit for viewers who enjoy period mysteries in which an investigation is closely tied to questions of trust and accusation.
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