A Story of the Forest: Mavka
1980•1h 23m•5.9•Released
DramaFantasyRomance
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.
Director
Yurii Illienko
Writer
Yurii Illienko
Languages
Ukrainian
Studio
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Cast
Lyudmila Efimenko
Mavka
Viktor Kremlev
Lukash
Maya Bulgakova
Lukash’s Mother
Ivan Mykolaichuk
Uncle Leo / Wood Goblin
Boris Khmelnitsky
Red (forest) Demon
Viktor Demertash
Koots
Liudmyla Lobza
Kylyna
Nina Shatskaya
Water Sprite
Svetlana Sergeyeva
Meadow Fairy
Ivan Khodulin
Kylyna’s child
Pylyp Illienko
Kylyna’s child
Vladimir Fyodorov
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