Song of the Forest
Cast & Crew
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Viktor Ivchenko
Director
Raisa Nedashkovskaya
Mavka
V. Sidorchuk
Lukash
P. Vesklyarov
Uncle Lev
V. Rudin
Spirit of the Forest
V. Kvitka
Forest Fire
Film Details
Also Known As
Lesnaya pesnya
Release Date
Jan
1963
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Dovzhenko Film Studio
Distribution Company
Artkino Pictures
Country
Soviet Union
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Lisova pisnya; drama-feeriya by Lesya Ukrainka (Kiev? 1911).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 35m
Synopsis
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. Lukash is ordered to cut down the tree, but the Forest Fire, who also loves Mavka, embraces her; and she is consumed in a bright flame.
Director
Viktor Ivchenko
Director
Cast
Raisa Nedashkovskaya
Mavka
V. Sidorchuk
Lukash
P. Vesklyarov
Uncle Lev
V. Rudin
Spirit of the Forest
V. Kvitka
Forest Fire
V. Gubenko
Lukashi's mother
R. Pirozhenko
Kilina
R. Doroshenko
A. Rogovtseva
Nymphs
Lyudmila Marchenko
Kuts
N. Tayenko
Water sprite
Ye. Kharchenko
"Fever"
V. Maksimenko
"One who sits on the rocks"
Borya Voblyy
Yura Barantsev
Kilina's children
Ira Semko
Seryozha Shiman
Crew
V. Agranov
Art Director
V. Andreychuk
Assistant Camera
R. Bisnovataya
Sound
V. Deminskiy
Special Effects
Ya. Dobrovolskaya
Costumes
O. Glushchuk
Assistant Camera
Ya. Grinberg
Makeup
Viktor Ivchenko
Screenwriter
I. Klyucharyov
Music Arrangement
V. Konarskiy
Assistant Director
V. Kurach
Special Effects
L. Mkhitaryants
Film Editor
N. Orlova
Story editor
A. Prokopenko
Director of Photography
M. Rotleyder
Production Manager
I. Shamo
Music
N. Suprun
Pyrotechnics
M. Tereshchenko
Assistant art Director
V. Tolba
Conductor
Ye. Vislotskaya
Ballet Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Lesnaya pesnya
Release Date
Jan
1963
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Dovzhenko Film Studio
Distribution Company
Artkino Pictures
Country
Soviet Union
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Lisova pisnya; drama-feeriya by Lesya Ukrainka (Kiev? 1911).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 35m
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Trivia
Notes
Released in the U.S.S.R. in August 1961 as Lesnaya pesnya.
