The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

• 6.9 Drama
• 1968-12-25
• 71 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Yurii Illienko

Writer:

Yurii Illienko