Wish upon a Pike

57 mins
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.

Georgi Millyar

Tsar Gorokh

Andrey Fayt

Mukhamed-aga

Ye. Terentyeva

Tsarevna Nesmeyana

Lev Potyomkin

General (as L. Potyomkin)

Tatyana Strukova

Nurse (as T. Strukova)

Aleksei Utkin

Production Design

Ivan Gorchilin

Director of Photography

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