Overview

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.

Top Cast

Pyotr Savin

Yemelya

Georgi Millyar

Tsar Gorokh

Vladimir Lepko

Cook

Andrey Fayt

Mukhamed-aga

Ye. Terentyeva

Tsarevna Nesmeyana

Lev Potyomkin

General

A

Aleksandr Zhukov

Herald

Tatyana Strukova

Nurse

L

Lidiya Ryumina

Nurse

M

Mariya Kravchunovskaya

Mama Emeli