Vasylyna

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.

• Release date
• November 30, 1927
• Runtime
• 72 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• Faust Lopatinskiy

Cast

O

Oleksandr Romanenko Jastrzebski, a landlord Zinaida Pigulovich Vasylyna, a young rural girl

A

Anton Klymenko Vasyl, a young rural guy

A

Armasheva Jadwiga, his aunt

M

M. Shevalova Jozefa

N

Nataliia Chernyshova a maid Borys Shelestov an office keeper

B

Bilohorska the landlord’s housekeeper