A Story of the Forest: Mavka

Jul 23, 1980

1h 23m

★ 5.8

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.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Romance

Production Companies

Dovzhenko Film Studios

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Cast

Mavka

Liudmyla Yefymenko

Lukash

Viktor Kremlev

Lukash’s Mother

Maya Bulgakova

Uncle Leo / Wood Goblin

Ivan Mykolaichuk

Red (forest) Demon

Boris Khmelnitsky

Koots

Viktor Demertash

Kylyna

Liudmyla Lobza

Water Sprite

Nina Shatskaya

Meadow Fairy

Svetlana Sergeyeva

Kylyna’s child

Ivan Khodulin

Kylyna’s child

Pylyp Illienko

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