The Enchanted Desna (1964)

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.

Release Date : Dec 07, 1964

Runtime : 1h 17m

Genre : Drama  War  

Companies : Mosfilm, Dovzhenko Film Studios

Countries : Soviet Union

Keywords : woman director, ukrainian folklore