Davyd Yanover

Petro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era. He wants to marry the lovely Pidorka, but her stern father won't hear of it. The mischievous demon Basavriuk, offers a deal, enticing Petro into crime for the sake of fortune.

Based on Lesia Ukrainka’s unfinished novella. At the end of the 19th century, a Ukrainian boy, Petro, is torn from his home and beloved and conscripted into the Russian army.

Based on Lesia Ukrainka’s unfinished novella. At the end of the 19th century, a Ukrainian boy, Petro, is torn from his home and beloved and conscripted into the Russian army.