A Story of the Forest: Mavka (1980)
Лісова пісня. Мавка
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.
- Date of release
- 1980-07-23
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (18)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Director
- Yurii Illienko
Casting
- Lyudmila Efimenko — Mavka
- Viktor Kremlev — Lukash
- Maya Bulgakova — Lukash’s Mother
- Ivan Mykolaichuk — Uncle Leo / Wood Goblin
- Boris Khmelnitsky — Red (forest) Demon
- Viktor Demertash — Koots
- Liudmyla Lobza — Kylyna
- Nina Shatskaya — Water Sprite
- Svetlana Sergeyeva — Meadow Fairy
- Ivan Khodulin — Kylyna’s child
- Pylyp Illienko — Kylyna’s child
- Vladimir Fyodorov — Hunger Imps
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Forest Song
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