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Wish upon a Pike(1938)

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.

Fantasy Family

June 6, 1938

57m

4.6TMDB

Director: Aleksandr Rou

Writers: Oleg Leonidov, Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya

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)

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Aleksandr Zhukov

Herald

Tatyana Strukova

Nurse (as T. Strukova)

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Lidiya Ryumina

Nurse

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Mariya Kravchunovskaya

Mama Emeli

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Wish upon a Pike(1938)

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