Movie Description
Вася-реформатор
(1926)Overview
Lost film directed by Oleksandr Dovzhenko (his first film) and Favst Lopatynskyi. It is a satire of the NEP period. Vasia, the son of a factory’s worker, is attracted by the romance of adventures. And he goes to look for them. He saves a drowning drunkard who tries to beat him. Vasia escapes from him in a vehicle parked on the shore. However, the vehicle belongs to a superintendent who, when he does not find it, stages its theft. Meanwhile, Vasia exposes priests in the church. As a result, the church is turned into a cinema, and the priest becomes a cinema technician. And finally, Vasia’s last deed is catching a criminal at home and denouncing him to the militia.
Featured Crew
- Director : Oleksandr Dovzhenko,Faust Lopatinskiy
- Writer : Oleksandr Dovzhenko
- Cast : Vasyl Liudvynskyi,Yuri Chernyshov,Yurii Shumskyi,Natalya Chernyshyova,Mikhail Smolenskiy,Anastasii Symonov,Dmytro Kapka,Vladimir Uralskiy,Stepan Shahaida,Ksana Zapadnaia,Lazar Frenkel,Anton Klimenko,Aleksandr Istomin,Komarova,N. Rudakov
Cast
Vasya
Yurka, Vasya's brother
Vasya's uncle
Vasya's mother
Chairman of the Sheluhasindicate
Brewer
Supply manager of the Sheluhasindicate
Cook
Mitka Kutsiy, bandit
Supply manager's girlfriend
Sheluhasindicate employee
Priest
Drunkard
Typist
(uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleВася-реформатор
Status Released
Release Information
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1926-01-02
Original LanguageUnknown
Production CompaniesVUFKU
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
