Release Date
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Original Release
July 23, 1980
1h 23m
A Story of the Forest: Mavka (1980)
⭐ 5.883 min
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.
Director
Yurii Illienko
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.5
Cast
Lyudmila Efimenko
Mavka
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Viktor Kremlev
Lukash
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Maya Bulgakova
Lukash’s Mother
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Ivan Mykolaichuk
Uncle Leo / Wood Goblin
⭐0.6
Boris Khmelnitsky
Red (forest) Demon
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Viktor Demertash
Koots
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Liudmyla Lobza
Kylyna
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Nina Shatskaya
Water Sprite
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Svetlana Sergeyeva
Meadow Fairy
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Ivan Khodulin
Kylyna’s child
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Genres
DramaFantasyRomance
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