The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)

PG-1312/25/1968Drama, Fantasy, Mystery1h 11m
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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.

Yurii Illienko

Director

Leonid Hrabovskyi

Composer