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.
Evgeniy Samoylov
Writer
Vova Goncharov
Sashko
Yevhen Bondarenko
Father
Zinaida Kirienko
Mother
Borys Andreiev
Platon
Ivan Pereverzev
construction manager
Iya Marks
probaba
Grigori Zaslavets
Savka
Vladimir Gusev
Kolodub
Anatoli Yushko
Drobot
The Enchanted Desna is a drama, war, fantasy film released in 1964 exploring themes of woman director, ukrainian folklore. Directed by Yuliya Solntseva, it stars Evgeniy Samoylov, Vova Goncharov, Yevhen Bondarenko. 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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