The Rising Hawk

The Rising Hawk: Battle for the Carpathians
American film poster
Directed byJohn Wynn
Akhtem Seitablayev
Written byRich Ronat
Yaroslav Voytseshek
Based onZakhar Berkut
by Ivan Franko
Produced by
  • Egor Olesov
  • John Wynn
  • Raja Collins
  • Yuriy Karnovsky
  • Nathan Moore
  • Jeff Rice
Starring
Cinematography
  • Yuriy Korol
Edited byJohn Wynn
Music byJosh Atchley
Production
companies
Kinorob
CinemaDay
Distributed byPostmodern Postproduction
Release date
  • October 10, 2019 (2019-10-10)
Running time
125 minutes
CountriesUkraine
United States
LanguagesEnglish (original)
Ukrainian
Mongolian
Budget$5 million
Box office$1,531,274

The Rising Hawk: Battle for the Carpathians (Ukrainian: «Захар Беркут», romanizedZahar Berkut, also called Fall of a Kingdom in the United Kingdom) is a 2019 Ukrainian-American historical action film directed by John Wynn and co-directed by Akhtem Seitablayev. It is based on the historical fiction novella Zakhar Berkut by Ukrainian writer and poet Ivan Franko, taking place in the Carpathians during the 13th-century Mongol invasions. The film premiered on October 10, 2019.

The word berkut is the name for golden eagle, a type of eagle.