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.
Yurii Illienko | Director |
Nikolai Gogol | Story |
Yurii Illienko | Writer |
Pyotr Maksimenko | Production Design |
Serhiy Brzhestovsky | Set Decoration |
Georgi Djulgerov | Assistant Director |
Emilya Illienko | Assistant Director |
Leonid Vachi | Sound Editor |
Valeriy Novakov | Production Design |
Vadym Illienko | Director of Photography |