Vasya, the Reformer

Vasya, the Reformer — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 2, 1926
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• Genres
• Comedy, Drama
• Director
• Alexander Dovzhenko

Vasya, the Reformer — Cast

Vasyl Liudvynskyi Vasya

Y

Yuri Chernyshov Yurka, Vasya's brother Yurii Shumskyi Vasya's uncle

N

Natalya Chernyshyova Vasya's mother

M

Mikhail Smolenskiy Chairman of the Sheluhasindicate

A

Anastasii Symonov Brewer Dmytro Kapka Supply manager of the Sheluhasindicate Vladimir Uralskiy Cook