The Enchanted Desna

The Enchanted Desna (Зачарована Десна) 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