The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

7.0IMDb Score
Released:1968-12-25
Duration:71 min
Country:Soviet Union
Director:Yurii Illienko
Actors:Larysa Kadochnykova, Boris Khmelnitsky, Oleksandr Sergienko, Davyd Yanover, Dmytro Franko
Production:Dovzhenko Film Studios

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.

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