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.
Cast
- Pyotr Savin as Yemelya
- Georgi Millyar as Tsar Gorokh
- Vladimir Lepko as Cook
- Andrey Fayt as Mukhamed-aga
- Ye. Terentyeva as Tsarevna Nesmeyana
- Lev Potyomkin as General
- Aleksandr Zhukov as Herald
- Tatyana Strukova as Nurse
- Lidiya Ryumina as Nurse
- Mariya Kravchunovskaya as Mama Emeli