The Eve of Ivan Kupalo 1968 Directed by Yurii Illienko Вечір на Івана Купала
Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. The mischievous demon Basavriuk, offers a deal, enticing Petro into crime for the sake of fortune. Based on Nikolai Gogol’s short story “The Eve of Ivan Kupala” (“St John’s Eve”) and Ukrainian folk tales.
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Soviet Union
Production Country
Soviet Union
Production Company
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Release Date 25 December 1968
71 mins
Cast
Larysa Kadochnykova
Pidorka
Boris Khmelnitsky
Petro
Oleksandr Sergienko
Ivas
Davyd Yanover
Master
Dmytro Franko
Korzh
Yevgeni Fridman
Basavriuk
Gemma Firsova
Witch
Konstantin Ershov
Priest
Boryslav Brondukov
Suitor
Mykhailo Illienko
Suitor
Viktor Panchenko
Suitor
Nikolai Silis
Tavern keeper
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