The Stone Cross
1968 · Movie · 80 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
In 1890s Western Ukraine, Ivan Didukh, a proud and ripe Galician farmer, has decided to abandon his ancestral home to emigrate to Canada in search of a better life. His final hours are clouded by both internal and communal discord as his village convenes to ceremonially mark his departure. The celebrations that echo those of a funeral, forecast the imminent death of a man estranged from his motherland, and of an antiquated way of life on the cusp of obsoletion.
Direction Leonid Osyka
Cast Borislav Brondukov · Daniil Ilchenko · Yekaterina Mateyk · Ivan Mikolajchuk · Boris Savchenko · Konstantin Stepankov
Soundtrack Vladimir Guba
Screenplay Ivan Drach · Vasyl Stefanyk
Cinematography Valeri Kvas
Original title Kaminnyy khrest
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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