The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)

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.

Released: Dec 25, 1968

Runtime: 71 minutes

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Stars: Larysa Kadochnykova, Boris Khmelnitsky, Oleksandr Sergienko, Davyd Yanover, Dmytro Franko, Yevgeni Fridman

Crew: Emilya Illienko (Assistant Director), Leonid Vachi (Sound Editor), Serhiy Brzhestovsky (Set Decoration), Pyotr Maksimenko (Production Design), Georgi Djulgerov (Assistant Director), Yurii Illienko (Director)