Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Alexander DovzhenkoDirector
- Faust LopatinskiyDirector
- Alexander DovzhenkoWriter
Cast
- Vasyl LiudvynskyiVasya
- Yuri ChernyshovYurka, Vasya's brother
- Yurii ShumskyiVasya's uncle
- Natalya ChernyshyovaVasya's mother
- Mikhail SmolenskiyChairman of the Sheluhasindicate
- Anastasii SymonovBrewer
- Dmytro KapkaSupply manager of the Sheluhasindicate
- Vladimir UralskiyCook
- Stepan ShahaidaMitka Kutsiy, bandit
- Ksana ZapadnaiaSupply manager's girlfriend
- Lazar FrenkelSheluhasindicate employee
- Anton KlimenkoPriest