Wish Upon a Pike

Name: Wish Upon a Pike
Genre: Fantasy, Family
Released: 1938
Duration: 57 min
Rating: 4.9

1938 · 57 min

Fantasy · Family

★ 4.9

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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.

Crew

Director Aleksandr Rou
Writer Oleg Leonidov
Writer Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya
Director of Photography Ivan Gorchilin

Cast

Pyotr Savin
Yemelya
Georgi Millyar
Tsar Gorokh
Vladimir Lepko
Cook
Andrey Fayt
Mukhamed-aga
Ye. Terentyeva
Tsarevna Nesmeyana
Lev Potyomkin
General
A
Aleksandr Zhukov
Herald
Tatyana Strukova
Nurse
L
Lidiya Ryumina
Nurse
M
Mariya Kravchunovskaya
Mama Emeli

Crew

Director — Aleksandr Rou
Writer — Oleg Leonidov
Writer — Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya
Director of Photography — Ivan Gorchilin

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