The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

1968
1h 11m
6.8

6.8/10

19 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Fantasy Mystery
Overview

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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Language: UK

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Production Information

Production Companies
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Production Countries
Soviet Union
Spoken Languages
Ukrainian

Keywords

hallucination surrealism pact with the devil ukrainian village mystical ukrainian folklore dance ritual

Quick Facts

Original Title Вечір на Івана Купала
Release Date December 25, 1968
Status Released
Language UK
IMDb ID tt0144187

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

Yevgeni Fridman
Yevgeni Fridman

Basavriuk

Gemma Firsova
Gemma Firsova

Witch

Konstantin Ershov
Konstantin Ershov

Priest

Boryslav Brondukov
Boryslav Brondukov

Suitor

Mykhailo Illienko
Mykhailo Illienko

Suitor

Viktor Panchenko
Viktor Panchenko

Suitor

Nikolai Silis
Nikolai Silis

Tavern keeper

Key Crew

Yurii Illienko
Director
Yurii Illienko
Writer