Vasylyna
1927 · 72 min · Drama, Romance
The film is based on I. Nechui-Levystkyi’s work The Bargewoman. From dawn till dusk from early childhood, Vasylyna has been working on Pan Jastrzebski’s fields. The young nobleman likes the beautiful girl, and she starts working in his home as a maid. Vasylyna’s happiness does not last long: the man marries a girl of his social class. Vasylyna’s fiancé Vasyl, who feels insulted because of her unfaithfulness, instigates guys to cut off the braid of the landlord’s mistress. Vasylyna runs away from the village and hides from people. Soon, she gives birth to a child who dies shortly. Female workers from a factory find barely alive Vasylyna and help her become a weaver. Vasylyna starts a new life.
- Director
- Faust Lopatinskiy
- Writers
- Mykhailo Yalovyi, Ivan Nechui-Levytskyi
- Released
- November 30, 1927
- Language
- Ukrainian
Cast
Oleksandr Romanenko
Jastrzebski, a landlord
Zinaida Pigulovich
Vasylyna, a young rural girl
Anton Klimenko
Vasyl, a young rural guy
Armasheva
Jadwiga, his aunt
M. Sheveleva
Jozefa
Natalya Chernyshyova
Maid
Borys Shelestov
an office keeper
Bilohorska
the landlord’s housekeeper
Osyp Merlatti
Jastrzebski’s household manager
Olga Appak
Odarka, an old rural woman
Maria Parshina
a cook
I. Zorin
Chrzanowski, a young landlord
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