A Story of the Forest: Mavka

A Story of the Forest: Mavka

Released on
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Runtime
83 mins
(15 votes)

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.

Cast

  • Liudmyla Yefymenko
  • Viktor Kremlev
  • Maya Bulgakova
  • Ivan Mykolaichuk
  • Boris Khmelnitsky
  • Viktor Demertash
  • Lyudmyla Lobza
  • Nina Shatskaya
  • Svetlana Sergeyeva
  • Ivan Khodulin
  • Pylyp Illienko
  • Vladimir Fyodorov

Director

  • Yurii Illienko

Producers

    Screenwriter

    • Yurii Illienko

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