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The Horse That Cried
An adaptation of a story by Mikhailo Kotsyubinsky, a Ukrainian writer executed in the Stalinist purges but rehabilitated in 1955, that anticipates the Ukrainian "poetic cinema" of the '60s in its focus on star-crossed lovers and its celebration of nature. Set in the 1830s, the film follows two lovers on the run - a girl forced into marriage and her boyfriend, a serf who's being sought by the authorities - as they try to make their way to freedom.
- Year: 1957
- Country: Soviet Union
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Dovzhenko Film Studios
- Keyword: based on novel or book
- Director: Mark Donskoy
- Cast: Vera Donskaya, Yuri Dedovich, Ivan Tverdokhlib, Olga Petrova, Sergei Shishko