Poem of the Sea (Russian: Поэма о море) is a 1958 Soviet drama film directed by Yuliya Solntseva.
[1][2][3] The film shows how a general returns to his childhood village, only to discover it will soon be submerged by a hydroelectric dam, prompting an emotional reunion of former residents to bid farewell to their fading homeland.
Returning after many years to the places he holds dear, General Fedorchenko (Boris Livanov) reflects on his past, recalling the day he left his home village.
Upon arriving in his village, he learns that the construction of the power plant has drained the local collective farm of its workforce, as nearly all recent school graduates have joined the grand project.
The whitewashed cottages, cherry orchards, club, school, and ancestral graves will be submerged, replaced by an artificial sea.