The Enchanted Desna
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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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Cast
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Evgeniy Samoylov
Writer
Known for
They Fought for Their Motherland
Vova Goncharov
Sashko
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Yevhen Bondarenko
Father
Also in
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Zinaida Kirienko
Mother
Known for
Fate of a Man
Boris Andreyev
Platon
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Ilya Muromets
Chronicle of Flaming Years
Ivan Pereverzev
construction manager
Known for
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers
Iya Marks
probaba
Also in
When the Trees Were High
The Unforgettable
Grigori Zaslavets
Savka
Also in
The Underground Regional Committee Is Active
Torrents of Steel
Vladimir Gusev
Kolodub
Also in
The Alteration Is Correct
Diamonds for Mariya
Anatoli Yushko
Drobot
Also in
Life in Your Hands
No Fear, No Blame
Vyacheslav Voronin
Troyanda
Also in
The Experiment of Dr. Abst
Chasing Two Hares
Ivan Zhevago
father Kirill
Known for
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
The Elusive Revengers
Yuliya Solntseva Director · Alexander Dovzhenko Author Gavriil Popov Composer
First release December 7, 1964 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Languages Russian, Ukrainian
Production
Mosfilm
Production · Studio
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
Зачарованная Десна
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian · Ukrainian
Release dates
Russia · December 7, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
October 25, 1968 · Theatrical
France
June 9, 1965 · Theatrical
Germany
May 7, 1965 · Theatrical · East Germany
April 24, 2022 · Premiere · GoEast Festival of Central and Eastern European Film
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