The Enchanted Desna
The Enchanted 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.
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