The Horse That Cried

(1957)

★ 4.1 IMDb · 8 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1957

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Марк Донской

Cast: Вера Донская, Юрий Дедович, Иван Твердохлеб, Ольга Петрова, Сергей Шишко

Plot

An adaptation of a story by a Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky 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.