Red Ruta

Red Ruta (1972) is a music, romance film directed by Roman Oleksiv rated 9.0/10.

Oksana (played by Sofia Rotaru) is a young and beautiful Carpathian girl. On the "Donetsk-Verkhovyna" train she becomes acquainted with a young miner from Donetsk called Boris. The travellers fall in love, but are parted when they arrive at their destination. In the Carpathian mountains their paths diverge, but Boris (played by Vasyl Zinkevych, soloist of the instrumental band "Smerichka") discovers where she is staying. The couple meet again and rekindle their love. Their friends invite them to perform in a concert for vacationers at a mountain resort, where they sing about their feelings for each other.

Cast

Sofia Rotaru

Oksana

Vasyl Zinkevych

Boris

Nazarii Yaremchuk

Volodymyr Ivasiuk

Raisa Koltsa

Anatoliy Yevdokymenko

Levko Dutkovsky

Alla Dutkovska

Mariya Isak