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A Story of the Forest: Mavka (1980)
Directed by Yuri Ilyenko
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.
Length 83 minutes
Actors
Yefymenko Lyudmila | Viktor Kremlev | Maya Bulgakova | Ivan Mykolaichuk | Boris Khmelnitsky | Victor Demertash | Lyudmila Lobza | Nina Shatskaya | Svetlana Sergeyeva | Ivan Khodulin | Philip Ilyenko | Vladimir Fyodorov