The Eve of Ivan Kupalo (1968)
6.9
/10 By 18 Votes
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.
Release Date : December 25, 1968
Runtime : 71m
Genre : Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Companies : Dovzhenko Film Studios
Countries : Soviet Union
Keywords : hallucination, surrealism, pact with the devil, ukrainian village, mystical, ukrainian folklore, dance ritual
