Wish upon a Pike

Overview

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.

Release date

Jun 6, 1938

Rating

4.643 / 10

Runtime

0 hours 57 minutes

Genres

Fantasy
Family

Cast

Pyotr Savin
As Yemelya
Georgi Millyar
As Tsar Gorokh
Vladimir Lepko
As Cook
Andrey Fayt
As Mukhamed-aga
Ye. Terentyeva
As Tsarevna Nesmeyana
Lev Potyomkin
As General (as L. Potyomkin)
Aleksandr Zhukov
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As Herald
Tatyana Strukova
As Nurse (as T. Strukova)
Lidiya Ryumina
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As Nurse
Mariya Kravchunovskaya
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As Mama Emeli

Crew

Aleksandr Rou
Role: Director
Oleg Leonidov
Role: Writer
Ivan Gorchilin
Role: Director of Photography
Kseniya Blinova
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Role: Editor
Aleksei Utkin
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Role: Production Design
Vladimir Kochetov
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Role: Original Music Composer
Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya
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Role: Writer
Sergey Yurtsev
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Role: Sound Director
S. Kazarov
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Role: Camera Operator
A. Ivanov
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Role: Makeup & Hair
Antonina Shalomytova
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Role: Choreographer
Konstantin Alekseyev
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Role: VFX Director of Photography
N. Levin
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Role: VFX Supervisor
Yuriy Nikolayevskiy
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Role: Conductor
Viktor Dubrovskiy
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Role: Conductor
A. Panchuk
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Role: Producer