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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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
Oleg Leonidov
Writer
Aleksandr Rou
Director
Vsevolod Kochetov
Kseniya Blinova
Editor
Aleksei Utkin
Production Design
Ivan Gorchilin
Director of Photography
Vladimir Kochetov
Original Music Composer
