The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)

  • NR
  • 12/25/1968 (SU)
  • Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
  • 1h 11m

Overview

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.

Yurii Illienko

Writer, Director

Nikolai Gogol

Story

Cast

Larysa Kadochnykova's headshot

Larysa Kadochnykova

Pidorka
Boris Khmelnitsky's headshot

Boris Khmelnitsky

Petro
Oleksandr Sergienko's headshot

Oleksandr Sergienko

Ivas
Davyd Yanover's headshot

Davyd Yanover

Master
Dmytro Franko's headshot

Dmytro Franko

Korzh
Yevgeni Fridman's headshot

Yevgeni Fridman

Basavriuk
Gemma Firsova's headshot

Gemma Firsova

Witch
Konstantin Ershov's headshot

Konstantin Ershov

Priest

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