
Yuri Ilyenko
Director


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.
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Yuri Ilyenko
Director

Boris Khmelnitskiy
Perelesnik

Ivan Mikolaychuk
lesovik
Svetlana Sergeyeva
Polevaya rusalka
N. Manziy
Zlyden

Viktor Kremlyov
Lukash
Ivan Khodulin
syn Kiliny
A. Yelanskiy
Zlyden

Lyudmila Efimenko
Mavka

Mayya Bulgakova
maty Lukasha

Ivan Mikolaychuk
dyadya Lev

Lyudmila Lobza
Kiliana

Viktor Demertash
Kuts, chyortik-barchuk

Nina Shatskaya
Vodyanaya rusalka

Pylyp Illienko
syn Kiliny
V. Basistyy
Zlyden

Vladimir Fyodorov
Zlyden
P. Volkov
Zlyden

Yuri Ilyenko
Writer
Lesya Ukrainka
Writer