Vasylyna (1927)
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
Writer:
Mykhailo Yalovyi
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Oleksandr Romanenko as Jastrzebski, a landlord |
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Zinaida Pihulovych as Vasylyna, a young rural girl |
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Anton Klymenko as Vasyl, a young rural guy |
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Armasheva as Jadwiga, his aunt |
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M. Shevalova as Jozefa |
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Nataliia Chernyshova as a maid |
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Borys Shelestov as an office keeper |
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Bilohorska as the landlord’s housekeeper |
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Osyp Merlatti as Jastrzebski’s household manager |
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Olga Appak as Odarka, an old rural woman |
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Maria Parshina as a cook |
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I. Zorin as Chrzanowski, a young landlord |
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Sandulevskyi as Krushynskyi, a young landlord |
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S. Vasiutynskyi as Moshnytskyi, Jastrzebski’s friend |
| Directing | Faust Lopatinskiy | Director |
| Writing | Mykhailo Yalovyi | Screenplay |
| Camera | Aleksandr Lavrik | Camera Operator |
| Art | Vasyl Krychevskyi | Art Direction |
| Writing | Ivan Nechui-Levytskyi | Novel |