
Wish upon a Pike (1938)
Fantasy, Family
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
Writers: Oleg Leonidov, Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya
The Cast

Pyotr Savin
Yemelya

Georgi Millyar
Tsar Gorokh

Vladimir Lepko
Cook

Andrey Fayt
Mukhamed-aga

Ye. Terentyeva
Tsarevna Nesmeyana

Lev Potyomkin
General (as L. Potyomkin)

Aleksandr Zhukov
Herald

Tatyana Strukova
Nurse (as T. Strukova)

Lidiya Ryumina
Nurse

Mariya Kravchunovskaya
Mama Emeli
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