The Rising Hawk

The Rising Hawk: Battle for the Carpathians
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 (also called Fall Of A Kingdom in the UK) 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 book Zakhar Berkut by Ukrainian writer and poet Ivan Franko taking place in the Mongolian invasions of Kievan Rus. The film premiered on October 10, 2019.

"Berkut" is the name for golden eagle, a type of hawk.