Poem of the Sea

Poema o more, feature film, 1958

DIRECTED BY: Julija Solnceva


CAST:
Boris Andrejev (Sava Zarudnji),
Jevgenij Bondarenko,
Jevgenij Gurov,
Zinaida Kiriyenko,
Ivan Kozlovskij

SCRIPT:
Aleksandar Dovženko

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Gavrilij Jegiazarov

Synopsis:
After Dovzhenko’ s death his widow Yuliya Solntseva, who knew about her husband’s work, decided to make this film as the director originally envisioned it himself. Dealing with the question of personal sacrifice for the collective good and progress, the film shows lives of people whose town will be flooded due to the building of a dam.

color, 95 min