Adapted from four different Russian folk-tales, this early Soviet fantasy film tells the story of Emelya the Fool, who, fishing one day, catches a talking pike who pleads for his life and in return grants Emelya wishes for a life spared.
Cast
Crew
Aleksandr Rou
Director
Oleg Leonidov
Writer
Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya
Writer
Kseniya Blinova
Editor
Ivan Gorchilin
Director of Photography
A. Panchuk
Producer
Aleksei Utkin
Production Design
S. Kazarov
Camera Operator
Anatoliy Ivanov
Makeup & Hair
Sergey Yurtsev
Sound Director
N. Levin
VFX Supervisor
Konstantin Alekseyev
VFX Director of Photography
Vladimir Kochetov
Original Music Composer
Antonina Shalomytova
Choreographer
Yuriy Nikolayevskiy
Conductor
Viktor Dubrovskiy
Conductor
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