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The Enchanted Desna
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Wikipedia article
'The Enchanted Desna' is a 1964 Soviet fantasy film, directed by Yuliya Solntseva, based on an autobiographical story by a Ukrainian national writer and cinematohrapher 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 Sebastin International Film Festival.[http://www.kinoglaz.fr/u_fiche_film.php?num=1583 The Enchanted Desna Profile]
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
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