Vasylyna

Vasylyna (1927)

DramaRomance

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

Casts

	Oleksandr Romanenko as Jastrzebski, a landlord
	Zinaida Pihulovych as Vasylyna, a young rural girl
	Anton Klymenko as Vasyl, a young rural guy
	Armasheva as Jadwiga, his aunt
	M. Shevalova as Jozefa
	Nataliia Chernyshova as a maid
	Borys Shelestov as an office keeper
	Bilohorska as the landlord’s housekeeper
	Osyp Merlatti as Jastrzebski’s household manager
	Olga Appak as Odarka, an old rural woman
	Maria Parshina as a cook
	I. Zorin as Chrzanowski, a young landlord
	Sandulevskyi as Krushynskyi, a young landlord
	S. Vasiutynskyi as Moshnytskyi, Jastrzebski’s friend

Crew