The Horse That Cried (1957)

Release Date: 1957-04-01
Runtime: 1h 38min
Production Company: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Production Country: Soviet Union
Director: Mark Donskoy

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.