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A Story of the Forest: Mavka (1980)

Overview

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.
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Yurii Illienko profile
Yurii Illienko

Director

Yurii Illienko profile
Yurii Illienko

Screenplay

Cast

Liudmyla Yefymenko profile
Liudmyla Yefymenko

Mavka

Viktor Kremlev profile
Viktor Kremlev

Lukash

Maya Bulgakova profile
Maya Bulgakova

Lukash’s Mother

Ivan Mykolaichuk profile
Ivan Mykolaichuk

Uncle Leo / Wood Goblin

Boris Khmelnitsky profile
Boris Khmelnitsky

Red (forest) Demon

Viktor Demertash profile
Viktor Demertash

Koots

Lyudmyla Lobza profile
Lyudmyla Lobza

Kylyna

Nina Shatskaya profile
Nina Shatskaya

Water Sprite

Svetlana Sergeyeva profile
Svetlana Sergeyeva

Meadow Fairy

Ivan Khodulin profile
Ivan Khodulin

Kylyna’s child

Pylyp Illienko profile
Pylyp Illienko

Kylyna’s child

Vladimir Fyodorov profile
Vladimir Fyodorov

Hunger Imps

Liudmyla Yefymenko profile
Liudmyla Yefymenko

Mavka

Viktor Kremlev profile
Viktor Kremlev

Lukash

Maya Bulgakova profile
Maya Bulgakova

Lukash’s Mother

Ivan Mykolaichuk profile
Ivan Mykolaichuk

Uncle Leo / Wood Goblin

Boris Khmelnitsky profile
Boris Khmelnitsky

Red (forest) Demon

Viktor Demertash profile
Viktor Demertash

Koots

Lyudmyla Lobza profile
Lyudmyla Lobza

Kylyna

Nina Shatskaya profile
Nina Shatskaya

Water Sprite

Svetlana Sergeyeva profile
Svetlana Sergeyeva

Meadow Fairy

Ivan Khodulin profile
Ivan Khodulin

Kylyna’s child

Pylyp Illienko profile
Pylyp Illienko

Kylyna’s child

Vladimir Fyodorov profile
Vladimir Fyodorov

Hunger Imps

Extra

Release Date

July 23, 1980

Original Language

Ukrainian

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Dovzhenko Film Studios logo

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