Main point of interest Ruzhan- Sapieha Palacewell known to residents Belarusas well as tourists. And the place itself is often included in various TOPs and sightseeing trips. There is also a rather interesting fact related to this object: palace ruins lit up at least three times in Soviet films. What are these paintings and what the castle looked like at that time, see below.
Bread smells like gunpowder (1973, Belarusfilm)
The feature film tells about the events taking place after the 1917 revolution. Filmed according to the plot of Ivan Shamyakin's story "Echelon to Germany".
Most of the screen time is the scenes filmed in Orsha, where the main events of the film unfold.
When does the Ruzhany Palace appear? Almost at the very beginning of the movie. The ruins served as the backdrop for a prison for Russian prisoners of war.
There are few scenes, but they allow you to see the territory of the castle as it was more than 50 years ago.
I come from childhood (1966, Belarusfilm)
Another film from the Belarusfilm studio, where the Sapieha Palace flashes by, appeared back in 1966. The film “I come from childhood” touches on the theme of war and the actual post-war period. Interestingly, many critics agreed that this is one of the best Belarusian films created in the history of our cinema.
The Ruzhany Palace is used here as a secondary decoration; against its background, a conditional restoration of the destroyed country takes place.
There are very few shots with the attraction, but even they are enough to see the gate, the colonnade, the main building and the side wings.
Song about Manshuk (1970, Kazakhfilm)
Ruzhany Palace, in the middle of the last century, became a platform for filming the battle scenes of the Kazakh film “The Song of Manshuk”.
It is difficult to recognize the ruins behind the abundance of smoke and pyrotechnic effects. The castle will appear only at the very end of the picture.
The palace territory of the complex during the filming became a real military training ground with tanks and explosions.
By the way, the sights of our country quite often flashed in various Soviet and not only films. For example military cemetery in Desyatniki can be seen in the movieWar under the roofs”, it also contains frames with Braslav church. There are also contemporary examples: the city of Slonim was shown in the anime Code Geass.
