Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. The mischievous demon Basavriuk, offers a deal, enticing Petro into crime for the sake of fortune. Based on Nikolai Gogol’s short story “The Eve of Ivan Kupala” (“St John’s Eve”) and Ukrainian folk tales.
| Release Date | December 25, 1968 | |
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| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Вечір на Івана Купала | |
| Runtime | 1h 11min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | Ukrainian | |
| Original Language | Ukrainian | |
| Production Countries | Soviet Union | |
| Production Companies | Dovzhenko Film Studios | |