Lesia Ukrainka

Lesia Ukrainka

1871-02-25
42 (1913-08-01)
Novohrad-Volynskyi, Volyn Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zviahel, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]

Novohrad-Volynskyi, Volyn Governorate, Russian Empire [now Zviahel, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]

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Mavka: The Forest Song 2023 (7.2)

Mavka, a Soul of the Forest, faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as Guardian of the Heart of the Forest when she falls for a human, a talented young musician named Lukas.
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A Story of the Forest: Mavka 1980 (6.1)

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.
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Song of the Forest 1961 (5.8)

Among the inhabitants of the fantastic realm lived a beautiful girl Mavka forest. Gentle voice piped woke her from winter sleep swain Lucas, whom she dearly loved. Mavka leave their forest friends and go to the people. But then she meets up with her mother and Lukas Killeen - people selfish and heartless ...