The Enchanted Desna
Overview
Based on the novel of the same name by Oleksandr Dovzhenko. About the childhood of the famous Ukrainian film director Oleksandr Dovzhenko, who was born on the ancient lands of Chernihiv, along the banks the Desna. The film consists of two parts. The first is the world shown through the impressions of the six-year-old Sashko. The second is the recollections and reasoning of Sashko, now an elderly colonel who liberates his native village during the war.
Cast
Evgeniy SamoylovWriterVova GoncharovSashko
Yevhen BondarenkoFather
Zinaida KirienkoMother
Boris AndreyevPlaton
Ivan Pereverzevconstruction manager
Iya MarksprobabaGrigori ZaslavetsSavka
Vladimir GusevKolodubAnatoli YushkoDrobot
Vyacheslav VoroninTroyanda
Ivan Zhevagofather KirillCrew
DirectorYuliya Solntseva
Details
Original TitleЗачарована Десна
Release DateDecember 7, 1964
LanguagesRussian, Ukrainian
StudiosMosfilm, Dovzhenko Film Studios
