The Enchanted Desna
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Child pictured from "The Enchanted Desna" by Julia Solntseva is the cover star of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore and also used as a backdrop in Wolverhampton 1988.
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The Enchanted Desna (Ukrainian: Зачарована Десна, romanized: Zacharovana Desna) is a 1964 Soviet fantasy drama film, directed by Yuliya Solntseva, based on an autobiographical story by a Ukrainian national writer and cinematographer Oleksandr Dovzhenko. The story depicts his whimsical childhood experiences in a Ukrainian village near the banks of river Desna. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. A scene from the film was used on the cover of "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" by The Smiths.