CinemaOSMovie · 1968 · 1h 11m

The Eve of Ivan Kupalo

70%(21)IMDbDramaFantasyMystery

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.

Directed byYurii Illienko

Play
Status
Released
Runtime
1h 11m
Language
UK
Released
December 25, 1968
Studios
Dovzhenko Film Studios

Watch the

Trailers & teasers

1 video
Church of Film: EVE OF IVAN KUPALO (trailer)

Church of Film: EVE OF IVAN KUPALO (trailer)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Larysa Kadochnykova

Larysa Kadochnykova

Pidorka

Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky

Petro

Oleksandr Sergienko

Oleksandr Sergienko

Ivas

Davyd Yanover

Davyd Yanover

Master

Dmytro Franko

Dmytro Franko

Korzh

Yevgeni Fridman

Yevgeni Fridman

Basavriuk

Gemma Firsova

Gemma Firsova

Witch

Konstantin Ershov

Konstantin Ershov

Priest

Boryslav Brondukov

Boryslav Brondukov

Suitor

Mykhailo Illienko

Mykhailo Illienko

Suitor

Creative team
Directed by
Yurii Illienko
Yurii Illienko
Written by
Yurii Illienko
Yurii Illienko

Keep watching

More like this

13 Summers Underwater

13 Summers Underwater

2017 · Film

L'Atalante7.5

L'Atalante

1934 · Film

Infernicus

Infernicus

2019 · Film

Black Swan7.7

Black Swan

2010 · Film

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done6.1

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

2010 · Film

Nightmare Detective6.0

Nightmare Detective

2007 · Film

The Tales of Hoffmann7.1

The Tales of Hoffmann

1951 · Film

Balance7.5

Balance

1989 · Film

ZAPPER!7.2

ZAPPER!

2023 · Film

The Old Miller's Tale7.7

The Old Miller's Tale

2020 · Film

Rampo Noir5.7

Rampo Noir

2005 · Film

Witch's Cradle6.7

Witch's Cradle

1944 · Film

Jumping6.6

Jumping

1984 · Film

Bearskin, or The Man Who Didn't Wash for Seven Years9.0

Bearskin, or The Man Who Didn't Wash for Seven Years

1984 · Film

A Fly Floating In The Midst Of The Milk5.0

A Fly Floating In The Midst Of The Milk

2023 · Film

Moira

Moira

2025 · Film

Unspeakable Things

Unspeakable Things

2021 · Film

Everytime7.4

Everytime

2026 · Film

Picked for you

Recommended movies

All That Money Can Buy7.0

All That Money Can Buy

1941 · Film

Northfork6.0

Northfork

2003 · Film

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus6.4

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

2009 · Film

Enter the Void7.3

Enter the Void

2010 · Film

Nine Days6.8

Nine Days

2021 · Film

Mr. K6.3

Mr. K

2025 · Film

The Good Witch7.1

The Good Witch

2008 · Film

The Shepherd7.0

The Shepherd

2023 · Film

Byzantium6.3

Byzantium

2013 · Film

Donnie Darko7.8

Donnie Darko

2001 · Film

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon6.4

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

2022 · Film

Greta6.5

Greta

2019 · Film

Prospero's Books6.8

Prospero's Books

1991 · Film

Under the Silver Lake6.3

Under the Silver Lake

2018 · Film

The Nines6.0

The Nines

2007 · Film

The Ritual Killer5.8

The Ritual Killer

2023 · Film

Interstate 607.4

Interstate 60

2002 · Film

Abigail6.2

Abigail

2019 · Film

Sound of My Voice6.3

Sound of My Voice

2011 · Film

Hereafter6.2

Hereafter

2010 · Film