The Dam Is Broken
1928 · 52 min · Drama
The film is set in one of the regions of Western Ukraine in the 1920s. A poor peasant, Vasyl, openly opposes the arbitrariness of the lord's authorities. While hunting in the lord's forest, he is captured by soldiers and imprisoned in a dungeon. His beloved girl Lesia, with the help of the villagers, opens the dam, and water begins to flood the manor. Amid the commotion, Vasyl escapes from his captivity.
- Director
- Mikhail Kapchinsky
- Writers
- Dmytro Falkovskyi, Lazar Frenkel
- Released
- September 23, 1928
- Language
- Ukrainian
Cast
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