The Stone Cross
About The Stone Cross
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 Stone Cross is a 1968 history film directed by Leonid Osyka.
Danylo Ilchenko stars as Ivan, Kateryna Mateyko as Ivanikha, Boryslav Brondukov as Boryslav Brondukov, and Ivan Mykolaichuk as Mykola. It runs 76 minutes and was released in March 1968.
The screenplay is by Ivan Drach. It streams on Klassiki in the United States.