
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)
1h 11m | PG-13
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.
Director: Yurii Illienko
Studio: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Video: 720p
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