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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

69.00% | December 25, 1968 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

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.

Featured Crew

Yurii Illienko
Director
Nikolai Gogol
Story
Yurii Illienko
Writer