High Pass

Set during and after World War II, High Pass follows Yaroslava Petrin, a Carpathian peasant woman and committed communist whose family is torn apart by divided loyalties. Her husband, son and daughter side with the Ukrainian nationalist movement, while Yaroslava must navigate the upheaval of war, her own injuries and displacement, and the choice of where she stands once the fighting reaches her homeland again. The drama centres on the conflict within a single household, including the hostility between her own son and an adopted Russian boy, which she works to overcome.

The film was released in September 1982 and runs 131 minutes. It was directed by Volodymyr Denysenko, who also wrote the screenplay, and was produced by Dovzhenko Film Studios in the Soviet Union. The cast includes Nataliia Naum as Yaroslava, Kostiantyn Stepankov, Lyubov Bogdan, Taras Denysenko, Oleksandr Denysenko and Anatoli Barchuk.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 5.3 from 32 votes, indicating a limited and mixed audience response.