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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
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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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo was released December 25, 1968. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Larysa KadochnykovaPidorka
Boris KhmelnitskyPetro
Oleksandr SergienkoIvas
Davyd YanoverMaster
Dmytro FrankoKorzh
Yevgeni FridmanBasavriuk
Gemma FirsovaWitch
Konstantin ErshovPriestCredits
- Directed by
- Yurii Illienko
- Written by
- Yurii Illienko
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Ukrainian
- Original title
- Вечір на Івана Купала
Production
Dovzhenko Film StudiosRussia