The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

IMDb 6.8 1968 71 min DramaFantasyMystery

Director

Yurii Illienko

Country

SU

Plot 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.

Top Cast

Larysa Kadochnykova
Larysa Kadochnykova Pidorka
Boris Khmelnitsky
Boris Khmelnitsky Petro
Oleksandr Sergienko
Oleksandr Sergienko Ivas
Davyd Yanover
Davyd Yanover Master
Dmytro Franko
Dmytro Franko Korzh