6.9 / 10
(18 votes)
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.
Soviet Union
Drama,
Fantasy,
Mystery
71 minutes
1968
Yurii Illienko
Dovzhenko Film Studios
1979
8.3
2001
7.8
2003
8.3
2005
6.3
2006
6.6
1972
7.8
1929
7.4
1996
8.0
1992
6.9
2008
7.5
1993
7.0
1970
7.2
1992
6.4
1965
7.0
2000
6.8
1977
5.6
0.0
1973
7.6
1997
6.5
1993
9.0