Vasylyna

Release Date: 1928-04-03

Overview: 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.

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Cast

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