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A Story of the Forest: Mavka( 1980)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Liudmyla Yefymenko

      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

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      Boris Khmelnitsky

      Red (forest) Demon

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      Viktor Demertash

      Koots

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      Lyudmyla 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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      Pylyp Illienko

      Kylyna’s child

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      Vladimir Fyodorov

      Hunger Imps

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    A review by SGhosh

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    Written by SGhosh on Mon Feb 10 2014
    It seems that I have stumbled on one of Yuri Ilyenko’s masterpieces at last, a beautiful and tragic adaptation of a play (written in 1912) based around folklore. Mavka, a water nymph is enticed by a young man’s flute and falls in love with him, only to be betrayed as the man marries another. The forest spirit turns the man into a werewolf for his betrayal, but Mavka’s devotion breaks the spell even as the man’s wife curses Mavka. A fantasy from the priceless vaults of Cinema from USSR, this is a gorgeous film, and the use of color (as it was talked about a few posts back) is especially brillian...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • love triangle
    • arranged marriage
    • tragic love
    • curse
    • folklore
    • based on myths, legends or folklore
    • ukrainian village
    • ukrainian culture
    • ukraine
    • forest spirit