The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
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.
Release Date: 1968-12-25
Drama
Fantasy
Mystery
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Casts
Larysa Kadochnykova
as Pidorka
Boris Khmelnitsky
as Petro
Oleksandr Sergienko
as Ivas
Davyd Yanover
as Master
Dmytro Franko
as Korzh
Yevgeni Fridman
as Basavriuk
Gemma Firsova
as Witch
Konstantin Ershov
as Priest
Boryslav Brondukov
as Suitor
Mykhailo Illienko
as Suitor
