Wish Upon a Pike
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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.
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Cast
10 people
Pyotr Savin
Yemelya
Known for
Fate of a Man
Georgi Millyar
Tsar Gorokh
Known for
Father Frost
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
Vladimir Lepko
Cook
Known for
Cipollino
Andrey Fayt
Mukhamed-aga
Known for
Battleship Potemkin
The Diamond Arm
Ye. Terentyeva
Tsarevna Nesmeyana
Also in
Steps
Lev Potyomkin
General
Also in
Vasilisa the Beautiful
Timur and His Team
Aleksandr Zhukov
Herald
Also in
The Thaw
The Childhood of Maxim Gorky
Tatyana Strukova
Nurse
Also in
The Fire Is Burning In the Raw-Hide Tent
The Enchanted Boy
Lidiya Ryumina
Nurse
Also in
The Tale of the Golden Rooster
Chunya
Mariya Kravchunovskaya
Mama Emeli
Known for
Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
Wings
Aleksandr Rou Director · Oleg Leonidov Writer Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya Writer
United States release July 7, 1938 · Produced in Russia, Russia · Original title По щучьему веленью
Production
Soyuzdetfilm
Production
Russia · Russia
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Languages
Original title
По щучьему веленью
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · June 6, 1938
Theatrical
United States · July 7, 1938
Theatrical
Russia
June 6, 1938 · Theatrical
XC
March 22, 1946 · Theatrical
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