Vasya, the Reformer

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 2, 1926

Original language

Ukrainian

Spoken languages

Ukrainian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

VUFKU

Cast

Natalya Chernyshyova,Anton Klimenko,Anastasii Symonov,Stepan Shahaida,Aleksandr Istomin,Vasyl Liudvynskyi,Dmytro Kapka,Vladimir Uralskiy,Ksana Zapadnaia,Komarovaand 5 more

Director

Faust Lopatinskiy,Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Writer

Oleksandr Dovzhenko

Cinematography

Joseph Rona,Danylo Demutsky

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0017513