Nightingale from the Village of Marshintsy

Directed by Rostyslav Synko

"The Nightingale from the Village of Marshyntsi was the second musical film on Ukrainian television to star Sofia Rotaru. Sophia Rotaru sang Ukrainian folk songs ("Cheremshyna") and Moldovan songs typical of this region of Ukraine. The film was shot in the Chernivtsi Philharmonic. The young singer appears in the film under the surname Rotar, a Ukrainianized version of the Moldovan surname Rotaru.