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Wish upon a Pike (1938)

57m

Running Time

June 6, 1938
Release Date

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Wish upon a Pike (1938)

Name: Wish upon a Pike
Genre: Fantasy, Kids & Family
Released: 1938-06-06

57m

Running Time

June 6, 1938
Release Date

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Plot.

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 & Crew.

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

Aleksandr Rou

Director

Vsevolod Kochetov

Writer

Oleg Leonidov

Writer

Ivan Gorchilin

Director of Photography

Kseniya Blinova

Editor

Aleksei Utkin

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Details.

Release Date
June 6, 1938

Original Name
По щучьему веленью

Status
Released

Running Time
57m

Genres
Fantasy Kids & Family

Last updated: 2025-04-12

Wiki.

Wish upon a Pike, also known as The Magic Fish (Russian: По щучьему веленью, romanized: Po shchuchemu veleniyu), is a 1938 fantasy film directed by Alexander Rowe, which was his debut and filmed at Soyuzdetfilm. It is adapted from a play by Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya, itself based on At the Pike's Behest and other tales from Slavic folklore.

The film tells the story of Yemelya the fool who catches a magical pike that grants him wishes in exchange for its life.