The Enchanted Desna (1964)

  • NR
  • 12/07/1964 (SU)
  • Drama, War
  • 1h 17m

Overview

Based on the novel of the same name by Oleksandr Dovzhenko. About the childhood of the famous Soviet 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.

Yuliya Solntseva

Director

Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Novel

Cast

Evgeniy Samoylov's headshot

Evgeniy Samoylov

Writer
Vova Goncharov's headshot

Vova Goncharov

Sashko
Yevhen Bondarenko's headshot

Yevhen Bondarenko

Father
Zinaida Kirienko's headshot

Zinaida Kirienko

Mother
Boris Andreyev's headshot

Boris Andreyev

Platon
Ivan Pereverzev's headshot

Ivan Pereverzev

construction manager
Iya Marks's headshot

Iya Marks

probaba
Grigori Zaslavets's headshot

Grigori Zaslavets

Savka

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