
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

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
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