The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
– Based on Nikolai Gogol’s short story “The Eve of Ivan Kupala” (“St John’s Eve”)...
Based on Nikolai Gogol’s short story “The Eve of Ivan Kupala” (“St John’s Eve”).
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Release Date:
14 Sep 1968
Language:
Ukrainian
Director:
Yuri Ilyenko
Writer:
Nikolay Gogol (stories), Yuri Ilyenko
Main Actors:
Boris Khmelnitskiy, Larisa Kadochnikova, Yefim Fridman, Dmitri Franko
Plot:
Piotr 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. Luckily, the mischievous demon Bassaruv is loose in the land, and offers him a deal.
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