Movie·1968·1h 11m
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
Country
Soviet Union
Language
Ukrainian
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The Story
Original title: Вечір на Івана Купала
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.
Cinematography
Vadym Illienko
Music
Leonid Hrabovskyi
Editor
Natalia Akayomova
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
20 votes
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// cast
Cast
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
Viktor Panchenko
Suitor
Nikolai Silis
Tavern keeper
// crew
Crew
Yurii Illienko
Writer, Director
Vadym Illienko
Director of Photography
Natalia Akayomova
Editor
Leonid Hrabovskyi
Original Music Composer
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