Mavka, a water nymph, loves Lukash, a country youth. Their brief happiness ends when Lukash is forced to marry the shrewish Kilina. The Spirit of the Forest turns Lukash into a wolf as punishment for his infidelity. The strength of Mavka's love breaks the spell, but Kilina curses the nymph, transforming her into a weeping willow. This beautiful and tragic story is based on a play written in 1912 by Lesya Ukrainka, a Ukrainian poet, writer and political, civil and female activist, and includes mythological characters taken from Ukrainian folklore.
—A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
—Mavka: The Forest Song
2023
—Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
1965
—Jane Eyre
1943
—Peter Ibbetson
1935
—Nightmare Alley
2021
—Earthquake Bird
2019
—Mr. K
2025
—Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022
—It Ends with Us
2024
—Gretel & Hansel
2020
—Underworld: Evolution
2006
