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A Story of the Forest: Mavka

07/23/1980

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1hr 23min

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Drama

,Fantasy

,Romance

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Liudmyla Yefymenko
  • Viktor Kremlev
  • Maya Bulgakova
  • Ivan Mykolaichuk
  • Boris Khmelnitsky

    Director

  • Yurii Illienko

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Dovzhenko Film Studios

    Production Countries

  • Soviet Union

LANGUAGES

  • Ukrainian

Cast

Liudmyla Yefymenko

Mavka

Viktor Kremlev

Lukash

Maya Bulgakova

Lukash’s Mother

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Uncle Leo / Wood Goblin

Boris Khmelnitsky

Red (forest) Demon

Viktor Demertash

Koots

Lyudmyla Lobza

Kylyna

Nina Shatskaya

Water Sprite

Svetlana Sergeyeva

Meadow Fairy

Ivan Khodulin

Kylyna’s child

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