The Enchanted Desna (1964)
1h 17m
Running Time
December 7, 1964Release Date
The Enchanted Desna (1964)
1h 17m
Running Time
December 7, 1964Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Evgeniy Samoylov
Aleksandr Petrovich - pisatel
Volodymyr Honcharov
Sashko
Yevhen Bondarenko
Father
Zinaida Kirienko
Odarka - maty
Boris Andreyev
Platon
Yuliya Solntseva
Director
Ivan Pereverzev
construction manager
Oleksandr Dovzhenko
Writer
Iya Marks
probaba
Gavriil Popov
Composer
Grigori Zaslavets
Savka
Aleksei Temerin
Cinematographer
Vladimir Gusev
Kolodub
Valentina Korovkina
Editor
Anatoli Yushko
Drobot
Lyudmila Pechieva
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 7, 1964
Original NameЗачарована Десна
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 17m
Genres
Wiki.
The Enchanted Desna (Ukrainian: Зачарована Десна, romanized: Zacharovana Desna) is a 1964 Soviet fantasy film, directed by Yuliya Solntseva, based on an autobiographical story by a Ukrainian national writer and cinematographer Oleksandr Dovzhenko. The story depicts his whimsical childhood experiences in a Ukrainian village near the banks of river Desna.
The film won the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.A scene from the film was used on the cover of "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" by The Smiths.