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. At the time it was made, it was seen as controversial in the Soviet Union to direct films based on fairy tales due to government censorship.The film tells the story of Yemelya the fool who catches a magical pike that grants him wishes in exchange for its life.