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A Story of the Forest: Mavka
1980, Jul 23
1h 23m
Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love breaks the spell, but Kilina curses the nymph, transforming her into a weeping willow. This beautiful and tragic story is based on a play written in 1912 by Lesya Ukrainka, a Ukrainian poet, writer and political, civil and female activist, and includes mythological characters taken from Ukrainian folklore.
Directed by
Yurii Illienko
Boris Khmelnitsky
Red (forest) Demon
Viktor Demertash
Koots
Ivan Mykolaichuk
Uncle Leo / Wood Goblin
Liudmyla Yefymenko
Mavka
Maya Bulgakova
Lukash’s Mother
Lyudmyla Lobza
Kylyna
Pylyp Illienko
Kylyna’s child
Vladimir Fyodorov
Hunger Imps
Nina Shatskaya
Water Sprite
Viktor Kremlev
Lukash
Svetlana Sergeyeva
Meadow Fairy
Ivan Khodulin
Kylyna’s child
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