Vasylyna

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.

Directed by Faust Lopatinskiy · Written by Mykhailo Yalovyi

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Oleksandr Romanenko Jastrzebski, a landlord
Zinaida Pigulovich Vasylyna, a young rural girl
Anton Klymenko Vasyl, a young rural guy
Armasheva Jadwiga, his aunt
M. Shevalova Jozefa
Nataliia Chernyshova a 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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Vasylyna

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