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Vechir na Ivana Kupala 1968

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.

Directed by: Yurii Illienko
Written by: Yurii Illienko
Runtime: 71 minutes
Cast:
Larysa Kadochnykova Larysa Kadochnykova
Pidorka 
Boris Khmelnitsky Boris Khmelnitsky
Petro 
Oleksandr Sergienko Oleksandr Sergienko
Ivas 
Davyd Yanover Davyd Yanover
Master 
Dmytro Franko Dmytro Franko
Korzh 
Yevgeni Fridman Yevgeni Fridman
Basavriuk 
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Also known as:
  • The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
  • Der Abend vor dem Fest Iwan Kupala
  • La nuit de la veille de la Saint-Jean
  • Noc Kupaly
  • Juhannusaatto