Vasya, the Reformer
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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.
Details
- Faust Lopatinskiy, Alexander Dovzhenko
- January 2, 1926
- Released
- Soviet Union
- VUFKU
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Vasyl LiudvynskyiVasya -
Yuri ChernyshovYurka, Vasya's brother
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Yurii ShumskyiVasya's uncle -
Natalya ChernyshyovaVasya's mother
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Mikhail SmolenskiyChairman of the Sheluhasindicate
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Anastasii SymonovBrewer
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Dmytro KapkaSupply manager of the Sheluhasindicate -
Vladimir UralskiyCook -
Stepan ShahaidaMitka Kutsiy, bandit -
Ksana ZapadnaiaSupply manager's girlfriend -
Lazar FrenkelSheluhasindicate employee -
Anton KlimenkoPriest
