The Stone Cross

Камінний хрест

In 1890s Western Ukraine, Ivan Didukh, a proud and ripe Galician farmer, has decided to abandon his ancestral home to emigrate to Canada in search of a better life. His final hours are clouded by both internal and communal discord as his village convenes to ceremonially mark his departure. The celebrations that echo those of a funeral, forecast the imminent death of a man estranged from his motherland, and of an antiquated way of life on the cusp of obsoletion.

Director

Leonid Osyka

Screenplay

Ivan Drach

Music

Volodymyr Huba

Status

Released

Release date

07/03/1968

Original language

Ukrainian