This is an interesting yet bizarre little tale of a fictional (as far as I know, anyway) experiment performed during the Stalin-controlled years in the USSR. The main character is changed from a woman into a man. This is part of a larger…
Parajanov's diploma film for the VGIK, based on the Moldavian fairy tale by Emilian Bukov. A young shepherd is given a magical instrument from a giant.
<p> They do not show war in this film, they show people and their dreams and hopes ruined by the war. It is not just another "war film", but it rises to the level of a true Tragedy. Not a propagandist or a sob story. Many …