Wish Upon a Pike (1938)
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.
Director: Aleksandr Rou
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Pyotr Savin as Yemelya |
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Georgi Millyar as Tsar Gorokh |
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Vladimir Lepko as Cook |
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Andrey Fayt as Mukhamed-aga |
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Ye. Terentyeva as Tsarevna Nesmeyana |
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Lev Potyomkin as General (as L. Potyomkin) |
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Aleksandr Zhukov as Herald |
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Tatyana Strukova as Nurse (as T. Strukova) |
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Lidiya Ryumina as Nurse |
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Mariya Kravchunovskaya as Mama Emeli |
| Writing | Oleg Leonidov | Writer |
| Directing | Aleksandr Rou | Director |
| Art | Aleksei Utkin | Production Design |
| Editing | Kseniya Blinova | Editor |
| Camera | Ivan Gorchilin | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Vladimir Kochetov | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya | Writer |
| Sound | Sergey Yurtsev | Sound Director |
| Camera | S. Kazarov | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anatoliy Ivanov | Makeup & Hair |
| Crew | Antonina Shalomytova | Choreographer |
| Visual Effects | Konstantin Alekseyev | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | N. Levin | VFX Supervisor |
| Sound | Yuriy Nikolayevskiy | Conductor |
| Sound | Viktor Dubrovskiy | Conductor |
| Production | A. Panchuk | Producer |
