Василина
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72 minutes
4/3/1928
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.
Cast List
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
Boris Shelestov-Zauze
as an office keeper
Bilohorska
as the landlord’s housekeeper
Osip 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