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Wish Upon a Pike

Jun 6, 1938 · 57m
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Fantasy
Family

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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.

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CAST

Pyotr Savin
Yemelya
Georgi Millyar
Tsar Gorokh
Vladimir Lepko
Cook
Andrey Fayt
Mukhamed-aga
Ye. Terentyeva
Tsarevna Nesmeyana
Lev Potyomkin
General
Aleksandr Zhukov
Herald
Tatyana Strukova
Nurse
Directed by Aleksandr Rou

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Status
Released
Original language
RU
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Production
Soyuzdetfilm
Country
SU
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