A Story of the Forest: Mavka 1980
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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.
- Released: 1980-07-23
- Runtime: 83 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Stars: Liudmyla Yefymenko, Viktor Kremlev, Maya Bulgakova, Ivan Mykolaichuk, Boris Khmelnitsky
- Director: Yurii Illienko, Yurii Illienko, Yurii Illienko, Anatoli Kovtun, Yevhen Stankovych
