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.
Пётр Савин
as Yemelya
Георгий Милляр
as Tsar Gorokh
Vladimir Lepko
as Cook
Андрей Файт
as Mukhamed-aga
Ye. Terentyeva
as Tsarevna Nesmeyana
Лев Потёмкин
as General (as L. Potyomkin)
Александр Жуков
as Herald
Татьяна Струкова
as Nurse (as T. Strukova)
Лидия Рюмина
as Nurse
Мария Кравчуновская
as Mama Emeli
