The Enchanted Desna

1964 · Yuliya Solntseva

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 of the Desna. The film consists of two parts. The first part is the world shown through the impressions of the six-year-old Sashko. The second part is the recollections and reflections of Sashko, now an elderly colonel who liberates his native village during the war.