The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968) - Drama Movies 71 minutes. Der Abend vor dem Fest Iwan Kupala, La nuit de la veille de la Saint-Jean, Noc Kupaly, Juhannusaatto, Vecher nakanunie Ivana Kupala, Vechir na Ivana Kupala, Night of the Ivan Kupala, Feast of St. John the Baptist. 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. hallucination, surrealism, pact with the devil, ukrainian village, mystical, ukrainian folklore, dance ritual
Released: Dec 25, 1968
Runtime: 71 minutes
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Stars: Larysa Kadochnykova, Boris Khmelnitsky, Oleksandr Sergienko, Davyd Yanover, Dmytro Franko, Yevgeni Fridman
Crew: Yurii Illienko (Director), Nikolai Gogol (Story), Yurii Illienko (Writer), Pyotr Maksimenko (Production Design), Serhiy Brzhestovsky (Set Decoration), Georgi Djulgerov (Assistant Director)