Watch A Story of the Forest: Mavka (1980) : Movies Without Downloading 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. | ||
Release Date | : | Jul 23, 1980 |
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Genres | : | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
Production Company | : | Dovzhenko Film Studios |
Production Countries | : | Soviet Union |
Casts | : | Liudmyla Yefymenko, Viktor Kremlev, Maya Bulgakova, Ivan Mykolaichuk, Boris Khmelnitsky, Viktor Demertash, Lyudmyla Lobza, Nina Shatskaya, Svetlana Sergeyeva, Ivan Khodulin, Pylyp Illienko |
Plot Keywords | : | based on novel or book, love triangle, arranged marriage, tragic love, curse, folklore, based on myths, legends or folklore, ukrainian village, ukrainian culture, ukraine, forest spirit |
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