Wish upon a Pike

Directed by Aleksandr Rou
1938    57mFantasy, Family
6.84.6
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 SavinYemelya
  • Georgi MillyarTsar Gorokh
  • Vladimir LepkoCook
  • Andrey FaytMukhamed-aga
  • Ye. TerentyevaTsarevna Nesmeyana
  • Lev PotyomkinGeneral (as L. Potyomkin)
  • Aleksandr ZhukovHerald
  • Tatyana StrukovaNurse (as T. Strukova)
  • Lidiya RyuminaNurse
  • Mariya KravchunovskayaMama Emeli
  • Aleksandr RouDirector
  • Oleg LeonidovWriter
  • Yelizaveta TarakhovskayaWriter
  • A. PanchukProducer
  • Aleksei UtkinProduction Design
  • Ivan GorchilinDirector Of Photography
  • Anatoliy IvanovMakeup & Hair
  • Kseniya BlinovaEditor
  • Vladimir KochetovOriginal Music Composer
  • Sergey YurtsevSound Director

Wish upon a Pike Trivia

Wish upon a Pike was released on December 30, 1938.

Wish upon a Pike was directed by Aleksandr Rou.

Wish upon a Pike has a runtime of 57m.

Wish upon a Pike was produced by A. Panchuk.

The key characters in Wish upon a Pike are Yemelya (Pyotr Savin), Tsar Gorokh (Georgi Millyar), Cook (Vladimir Lepko).

Wish upon a Pike is a Fantasy, Family film.

Wish upon a Pike has an audience rating of 6.8 out of 10.

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