The Enchanted Desna

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Evgeniy SamoylovWriter

Vova Goncharov

Vova GoncharovSashko

Yevhen BondarenkoFather

Zinaida KirienkoMother

Boris AndreyevPlaton

Ivan Pereverzevconstruction manager

Iya Marksprobaba

Grigori Zaslavets

Grigori ZaslavetsSavka

Vladimir GusevKolodub

Anatoli Yushko

Anatoli YushkoDrobot

Vyacheslav VoroninTroyanda

Ivan Zhevagofather Kirill