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Feature film — 1964

The Enchanted Desna (1964)

5.41h 17mDrama — War — Fantasy

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.

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A high-signal pick with 16 votes.

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Director: Yuliya Solntseva

On screen

Cast & crew

Evgeniy Samoylov as Writer

Evgeniy Samoylov

Writer

V

Vova Goncharov

Sashko

Yevhen Bondarenko as Father

Yevhen Bondarenko

Father

Zinaida Kirienko as Mother

Zinaida Kirienko

Mother

Boris Andreyev as Platon

Boris Andreyev

Platon

Ivan Pereverzev as construction manager

Ivan Pereverzev

construction manager

Iya Marks as probaba

Iya Marks

probaba

G

Grigori Zaslavets

Savka

Vladimir Gusev as Kolodub

Vladimir Gusev

Kolodub

A

Anatoli Yushko

Drobot

Vyacheslav Voronin as Troyanda

Vyacheslav Voronin

Troyanda

Ivan Zhevago as father Kirill

Ivan Zhevago

father Kirill

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