Drama ·Fantasy ·Mystery · Soviet Union · 1968 · 1h 11m

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

Вечір на Івана Купала

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Director
Yurii Illienko
Cast
Larysa Kadochnykova as Pidorka Boris Khmelnitsky as Petro Oleksandr Sergienko as Ivas Davyd Yanover as Master Dmytro Franko as Korzh Yevgeni Fridman as Basavriuk
Crew
Vadym Illienko — Director of Photography Natalia Akayomova — Editor Leonid Hrabovskyi — Original Music Composer Yurii Illienko — Writer Pyotr Maksimenko — Production Design Valeriy Novakov — Production Design
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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Mood & Themes
hallucinationsurrealismpact with the devilukrainian villagemysticalukrainian folkloredance ritual
Key Collaborators
Yurii Illienko Director Vadym Illienko Director of Photography Natalia Akayomova Editor Leonid Hrabovskyi Original Music Composer Yurii Illienko Writer Pyotr Maksimenko Production Design Valeriy Novakov Production Design Lidiya Baikova Costume Design
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