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Wish upon a Pike

По щучьему веленью

1938·57 min·SU
Director: Aleksandr Rou
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Adapted from four different Russian folk-tales, this early Soviet fantasy film tells the story of Emelya the Fool, who, fishing one day, catches a talking pike who pleads for his life and in return grants Emelya wishes for a life spared.

Adapted from four different Russian folk-tales, this early Soviet fantasy film tells the story of Emelya the Fool, who, fishing one day, catches a talking pike who pleads for his life and in return grants Emelya wishes for a life spared.

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Essay on Rou's debut Soviet fantasy film based on Russian folk tales about wishes and magic.

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Cast

Pyotr Savin

Pyotr Savin

Yemelya

Georgi Millyar

Georgi Millyar

Tsar Gorokh

Vladimir Lepko

Vladimir Lepko

Cook

Andrey Fayt

Andrey Fayt

Mukhamed-aga

Ye. Terentyeva

Ye. Terentyeva

Tsarevna Nesmeyana

Lev Potyomkin

Lev Potyomkin

General (as L. Potyomkin)

A

Aleksandr Zhukov

Herald

Tatyana Strukova

Tatyana Strukova

Nurse (as T. Strukova)

L

Lidiya Ryumina

Nurse

M

Mariya Kravchunovskaya

Mama Emeli

Crew

Ivan Gorchilin

cinematographer

Oleg Leonidov

writer

Vladimir Kochetov

composer

Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya

writer

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