The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

Name: The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
Director: Yurii Illienko
Genre: drame, fantastique, mystère
Released: 1968
Duration: 71 min

1968Union soviétique71 min

The film

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.

DirectorYurii Illienko

Genresdrame · fantastique · mystère

CountryUnion soviétique

Runtime71 min

Record & provenance

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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

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