

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
Visit website6.9/10 • 18
1968-12-25 • 1h 11m
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.
- Directors
- Yurii Illienko
- Writters
- Yurii Illienko
- Editors
- Yurii Illienko, Natalia Akayomova

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
Visit website1968-12-25 • 1h 11m
6.9/10 • 18
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.
- Directors
- Yurii Illienko
- Writters
- Yurii Illienko
- Editors
- Yurii Illienko, Natalia Akayomova
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsLarysa 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
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- Original Language
- Ukrainian
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- Keywords
- hallucinationsurrealismpact with the devilukrainian villagemysticalukrainian folkloredance ritual