The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
- Movies
- 1968-12-25
- UK
- Released
- 1h 11m
- SU
- Drama - Fantasy - Mystery
Production
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Storyline
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.
