The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)

12/25/1968 (SU) • 1h 11m

Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

Ukrainian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

hallucination

surrealism

pact with the devil

ukrainian village

mystical

ukrainian folklore

dance ritual

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