Movie·1980·1h 23m

A Story of the Forest: Mavka

Country

Soviet Union

Language

Ukrainian

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The Story

Original title: Лісова пісня. Мавка

Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love breaks the spell, but Kilina curses the nymph, transforming her into a weeping willow. This beautiful and tragic story is based on a play written in 1912 by Lesya Ukrainka, a Ukrainian poet, writer and political, civil and female activist, and includes mythological characters taken from Ukrainian folklore.

Cinematography

Yurii Illienko

Music

Yevhen Stankovych

Themes

based on novel or booklove trianglearranged marriagetragic lovecursefolklorebased on myths, legends or folkloreukrainian villageukrainian cultureukraineforest spirit

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