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The Enchanted Desna

The Enchanted Desna

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 7, 1964

Runtime

1h 17m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

55%

Original Title

Зачарована Десна

Production Companies

Mosfilm, Dovzhenko Film Studios

Director

Yuliya Solntseva

Description

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.