Wish upon a Pike

Overview

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.

Cast

Pyotr Savin

Yemelya

Georgi Millyar

Tsar Gorokh

Vladimir Lepko

Cook

Andrey Fayt

Mukhamed-aga

Ye. Terentyeva

Tsarevna Nesmeyana

Lev Potyomkin

General (as L. Potyomkin)

A

Aleksandr Zhukov

Herald

Tatyana Strukova

Nurse (as T. Strukova)

L

Lidiya Ryumina

Nurse

M

Mariya Kravchunovskaya

Mama Emeli

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