The Enchanted Desna

1964 film
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
101 minutesCountrySoviet UnionLanguageRussian

The Enchanted Desna (Ukrainian: Зачарована Десна, romanized: Zacharovana Desna) is a 1964 Soviet fantasy drama 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.[1]

A scene from the film was used on the cover of "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" by The Smiths.

Cast

  • Boris Andreyev
  • Yevgeni Bondarenko
  • Vladimir Goncharov
  • Zinaida Kiriyenko
  • Ivan Pereverzev

External links

  • The Enchanted Desna at IMDb

References

  1. ^ The Enchanted Desna Profile
  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This article about a fantasy film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e