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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)

Drama Fantasy Mystery
Release Date: 1968, December 25
Directors: Yurii Illienko
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Cast: Larysa Kadochnykova, Boris Khmelnitsky, Boryslav Brondukov, Viktor Panchenko, Dmytro Franko, Gemma Firsova, Oleksandr Sergienko, Nikolai Silis

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.

Keywords:

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