The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

1968•1h 11m•6.8/10

DramaFantasyMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(19)

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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Production

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Language

UK

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Larysa Kadochnykova

Larysa Kadochnykova

Pidorka

Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky

Petro

Oleksandr Sergienko

Oleksandr Sergienko

Ivas

Davyd Yanover

Davyd Yanover

Master

Dmytro Franko

Dmytro Franko

Korzh

Yevgeni Fridman

Yevgeni Fridman

Basavriuk

Gemma Firsova

Gemma Firsova

Witch

Konstantin Ershov

Konstantin Ershov

Priest

Boryslav Brondukov

Boryslav Brondukov

Suitor

Mykhailo Illienko

Mykhailo Illienko

Suitor

Viktor Panchenko

Viktor Panchenko

Suitor

Nikolai Silis

Nikolai Silis

Tavern keeper

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