Wish upon a Pike

Wish upon a Pike
Directed by Aleksandr Rou
Written by Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya
Starring Pyotr Savin
Georgy Millyar
Maria Kravchunovskaya
Music by Vladimir Kochetov
Cinematography Ivan Gorchilin
Production
company
Release date
  • 1938 (1938)
Running time
 56 min
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Wish upon a Pike, also known as The Magic Fish,[1] (Russian: По щучьему веленью, translit. Po shchuchemu veleniyu) is a 1938 fantasy film directed by Aleksandr Rou, which was his debut and filmed at Soyuzdetfilm.[2] It is adapted from a play by Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya, itself based on several tales from Slavic folklore.[3]

Plot

Yemelya the fool catches a magical pike that grants him wishes in exchange for its life.[4][5]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Birgit Beumers (2016). A Companion to Russian Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-42470-4.
  2. ↑ "По щучьему веленью". Kinopoisk.ru. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  3. ↑ "По щучьему веленью. Русская народная сказка". Kostyor.ru. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  4. ↑ Jack Zipes (2015). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-191-00416-2.
  5. ↑ Donald Haase (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: Q-Z. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 902. ISBN 978-0-313-33444-3.
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