
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
1968•71 min•
★6.8
DramaFantasyMystery
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.
Cast & Crew

Larysa Kadochnykova
Pidorka

Boris Khmelnitsky
Petro

Oleksandr Sergienko
Ivas

Davyd Yanover
Master

Dmytro Franko
Korzh

Yevgeni Fridman
Basavriuk

Gemma Firsova
Witch

Konstantin Ershov
Priest

Boryslav Brondukov
Suitor

Mykhailo Illienko
Suitor

DirectorYurii Illienko











