Ivanna (1959 film)

Ivanna (Russian: Иванна) is a 1959 Soviet anti-religious drama film directed by Viktor Ivchenko.

Ivanna Stavnichaya, the daughter of Greek Catholic priest Theodos, goes to Lviv University, which opened after the establishment of Soviet power.

However, the secretary of the admission committee, a hidden nationalist, declares to the girl that she was not accepted because of "social origin".

Ivanna accuses the Soviet authorities of injustice, while in fact her fiancé, the fanatical Greek Catholic Roman Hereta, hid from her the truth about the call to study which came from the university.

Ivanna sees the ministers of the church cooperating with the invaders, blessing the massacre of partisans, Jews and civilians.