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. This beautiful and tragic story is based on a play written in 1912 by Lesya Ukrainka, a Ukrainian poet, writer and political, civil and female activist, and includes mythological characters taken from Ukrainian folklore.
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Lyudmila Efimenko as Mavka
Viktor Kremlev as Lukash
Maya Bulgakova as Lukash’s Mother
Ivan Mykolaichuk as Uncle Leo
Boris Khmelnitsky as Red (forest) Demon
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