How the Cossacks...

New Year's musical about the love of the Zaporozhian Cossack Yevhen and the daughter of the headman of the Cossack village, Polina, who, despite various obstacles, will anyway be together. In order to settle his personal life, Yevhen, together with his friends Ostap and Batia, go to Moscow to buy "vodka with bubbles", which they have to bring to the girl's father for the New Year. Adventures await them on the way.

Directed by —, How the Cossacks... leans on a strong ensemble — Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yevhen Koshovyi, Anastasiya Prikhodko — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about music titles of 2009.