The Tale of Chugaystra
1978, UK. Directed by Yefrem Pruzhanskyi.
During the Great Patriotic War, in the occupied Hutsul village, a grandmother tells her grandchildren a fairy tale about the giant Chugaystra, the people's defender in ancient times. At night, a wounded partisan comes to their hut, and the children go to the forest to look for Chugaystra, deciding that only he can help the partisan and all Hutsuls...
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- 0h 20m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- UK
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- Released
- 1 January 1978
- Original title
- Казка про Чугайстра
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Yefrem Pruzhanskyi
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The Tale of Chugaystra isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1978. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Tale of Chugaystra?
The Tale of Chugaystra (1978) was directed by Yefrem Pruzhanskyi.