Wish Upon a Pike

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.

• Oleg LeonidovWriter
• Aleksandr RouDirector
• Vladimir KochetovOriginal Music Composer
• Yelizaveta TarakhovskayaWriter

• Pyotr SavinYemelya
• Georgi MillyarTsar Gorokh
• Vladimir LepkoCook
• Andrey FaytMukhamed-aga
• Ye. TerentyevaTsarevna Nesmeyana
• Lev PotyomkinGeneral (as L. Potyomkin)
• Aleksandr ZhukovHerald
• Tatyana StrukovaNurse (as T. Strukova)
• Lidiya RyuminaNurse
• Mariya KravchunovskayaMama Emeli