376027
376027

Song of Ruthenia

1937-01-01
6.7
cs 11m
Documentary
A B&W film poem of the Czech countryside and Weiss’s personal favorite of his early shorts. Mythical images of mountains and streams and rural farmers tilling the land make this a precursor to the mystical visions of the forest in ‘The Golden Fern’. Filmed traveling on horseback through the mountains of Ruthenia (then part of Czecholovakia, now part of Ukraine), shooting the diverse community with Ruthenians (Slavs), Jews and Roma all living in the same area.

Director

Jiří Weiss

Status

Released

Countries

  • Czechoslovakia

Companies