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The Enchanted Desna (1964)

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.

  • Drama
  • War
  • Fantasy

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Evgeniy SamoylovEvgeniy SamoylovWriter
  • Photo of Vova GoncharovVova GoncharovSashko
  • Photo of Yevhen BondarenkoYevhen BondarenkoFather
  • Photo of Zinaida KirienkoZinaida KirienkoMother
  • Photo of Boris AndreyevBoris AndreyevPlaton
  • Photo of Ivan PereverzevIvan Pereverzevconstruction manager
  • Photo of Iya MarksIya Marksprobaba
  • Photo of Grigori ZaslavetsGrigori ZaslavetsSavka
  • Photo of Vladimir GusevVladimir GusevKolodub
  • Photo of Anatoli YushkoAnatoli YushkoDrobot

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