Wish upon a Pike

Wish upon a Pike

57 mins | Family, Fantasy | June 6, 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.

Wish upon a Pike

57 mins | Family, Fantasy | June 6, 1938

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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Soyuzdetfilm
Original title По щучьему веленью
Directors Aleksandr Rou
Writers Oleg Leonidov, Vsevolod Kochetov

Cast

Pyotr Savin

as Yemelya

Georgi Millyar

as Tsar Gorokh

Vladimir Lepko

as Cook

Andrey Fayt

as Mukhamed-aga

Ye. Terentyeva

as Tsarevna Nesmeyana

Lev Potyomkin

as General (as L. Potyomkin)

Aleksandr Zhukov

as Herald

Tatyana Strukova

as Nurse (as T. Strukova)

Lidiya Ryumina

as Nurse

Mariya Kravchunovskaya

as Mama Emeli