The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)


  • Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
  • Release Date: 1968-12-25
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 11min
  • Language: Український
  • Production Company: Dovzhenko Film Studios
  • Production Country: Soviet Union
  • Director: Yurii Illienko
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Summary

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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  • Larysa Kadochnykova

    as Pidorka
  • Boris Khmelnitsky

    as Petro
  • Oleksandr Sergienko

    as Ivas
  • Davyd Yanover

    as Master
  • Dmytro Franko

    as Korzh
  • Yevgeni Fridman

    as Basavriuk
  • Gemma Firsova

    as Witch
  • Konstantin Ershov

    as Priest
  • Boryslav Brondukov

    as Suitor
  • Mykhailo Illienko

    as Suitor
  • Viktor Panchenko

    as Suitor
  • Nikolai Silis

    as Tavern keeper
Directing Emilya Illienko Assistant Director
Sound Leonid Vachi Sound Editor
Art Serhiy Brzhestovsky Set Decoration
Art Pyotr Maksimenko Production Design
Directing Georgi Djulgerov Assistant Director
Directing Yurii Illienko Director
Writing Nikolai Gogol Story
Writing Yurii Illienko Writer
Art Valeriy Novakov Production Design
Camera Vadym Illienko Director of Photography
Editing Natalia Akayomova Editor
Sound Leonid Hrabovskyi Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Lidiya Baikova Costume Design

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