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.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Stars: Liudmyla Yefymenko, Viktor Kremlev, Maya Bulgakova, Ivan Mykolaichuk, Boris Khmelnitsky, Viktor Demertash
Crew: Yurii Illienko (Director), Yurii Illienko (Screenplay), Yurii Illienko (Director of Photography), Anatoli Kovtun (Sound), Yevhen Stankovych (Original Music Composer), Lesia Ukrainka (Theatre Play)
Country: Soviet Union
Language: Український
Studio: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Runtime: 83 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 23, 1980
IMDb: 4.9
