Wish upon a Pike

Wish upon a Pike
Directed byAleksandr Rou
Written byYelizaveta Tarakhovskaya
StarringPyotr Savin
Georgy Millyar
Maria Kravchunovskaya
CinematographyIvan Gorchilin
Music byVladimir Kochetov
Production
company
Release date
  • 1938 (1938)
Running time
56 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

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.

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