The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

1h 11m
DramaFantasyMystery
6.8

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

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
Viktor Panchenko
Suitor
Nikolai Silis
Tavern keeper

Crew

Yurii Illienko
Director, Writer
Nikolai Gogol
Short Story
Natalia Akayomova
Editor
Vadym Illienko
Director of Photography
Georgi Djulgerov
Assistant Director
Emilya Illienko
Assistant Director
Pyotr Maksimenko
Production Design
Valeriy Novakov
Production Design
Lidiya Baikova
Costume Design
Leonid Vachi
Sound Editor
Leonid Hrabovskyi
Original Music Composer
Serhiy Brzhestovsky
Set Decoration

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