Song of Ruthenia

Song of Ruthenia 1937 Directed by Jiří Weiss Píseň o Podkarpatské Rusi

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.

Country Czechoslovakia

Production Country Czechoslovakia

Language Czech

Spoken Language Czech

Gnere Documentary

Production Company A-B

Release Date 1 January 1937

11 mins